GlpK

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Gene name glpK
Synonyms
Essential no
Product glycerol kinase (EC 2.7.1.30)
Function
MW, pI 54 kDa, 4.985
Gene length, protein length 1488 bp, 496 aa
Immediate neighbours glpF, glpD
Gene sequence (+200bp) Protein sequence
Caution: The sequence for this gene in SubtiList contains errors
Genetic context
GlpK context.gif



The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: carbon catabolite repression, induction by glycerol
  • Regulatory mechanism: catabolite repression: repression by CcpA, induction: GlpP-dependent RNA switch (transcriptional antitermination)
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Biological materials

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Josef Deutscher, Paris-Grignon, France

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Beijer L, Rutberg L (1992) Utilisation of glycerol and glycerol-3-phosphate is differently affected by the phosphotransferase system in Bacillus subtilis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 100:217-220. PubMed
  2. Charrier V, Buckley E, Parsonage D, Galinier A, Darbon E, Jaquinod M, Forest E, Deutscher J, Claiborne A (1997) Cloning and sequencing of two enterococcal glpK genes and regulation of the encoded glycerol kinases by phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent, phosphotransferase system-catalyzed phosphorylation of a single histidyl residue. J Biol Chem 272:14166-14174. PubMed
  3. Darbon E, Servant P, Poncet S, Deutscher J (2002) Antitermination by GlpP, catabolite repression via CcpA and inducer exclusion triggered by P~GlpK dephosphorylation control Bacillus subtilis glpFK expression. Mol Microbiol 43:1039-1052. PubMed
  4. Wehtje C, Beijer L, Nilsson RP, Rutberg B (1995) Mutations in the glycerol kinase gene restore the ability of a ptsGHI mutant of Bacillus subtilis to grow on glycerol. Microbiology 141:1193-1198. PubMed
  5. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed