Fnr

• Description: transcriptional regulator of anaerobic genes
  
  

Gene name	fnr
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcription regulator (Crp family)
Function	regulation of anaerobiosis, fermentation and overflow metabolism
MW, pI	27 kDa, 5.989
Gene length, protein length	714 bp, 238 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywiC, narK
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37310

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P46908

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed
  • repressed unless NO is present under anaerobic conditions (NsrR) PubMed
  • expressed under anaerobic conditions (Fnr) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ResD: transcription activation PubMed
  • NsrR: transcription repression PubMed
  • Fnr: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Heike Reents, Richard Münch, Thorben Dammeyer, Dieter Jahn, Elisabeth Härtig
The Fnr regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(3);1103-12
[PubMed:16428414] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Reents, H., R. Münch, T. Dammeyer, D. Jahn, and E. Härtig. 2006. The Fnr regulon of Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 188: 1103-1112. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed