GmuC

• Description: glucomannan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIC component of the PTS
  
  

Gene name	gmuC
Synonyms	ydhO
Essential	no
Product	glucomannan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIC component
Function	glucomannan uptake and phosphorylation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gmuC
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GmuC
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	48 kDa, 9.803
Gene length, protein length	1326 bp, 442 aa
Immediate neighbours	gmuA, gmuD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

phosphotransferase systems, utilization of specific carbon sources

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, CcpA regulon, GmuR regulon, Efp-dependent proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU05830

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: PTS permease, lactose permease (Lac) family PubMed

• Paralogous protein(s): LicC, YwbA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • GmuB-GmuC

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3QNQ (EIIC component of diacetylchitobiose specific PTS from Bacillus cereus; 41% identity, 80% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: O05507

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gmuB-gmuA-gmuC-gmuD-gmuR-gmuE-gmuF-gmuG PubMed

• Expression browser: gmuC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by conjac glucomannan (requires GmuG) (GmuR) PubMed
  • induced by cellobiose (GmuR) PubMed
  • subject to carbon catabolite repression (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GmuR: transcription repression PubMed
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:
  • translation is likely to require Efp due to the presence of several consecutive proline residues PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Yoshito Sadaie, Hisashi Nakadate, Reiko Fukui, Lii Mien Yee, Kei Asai
Glucomannan utilization operon of Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2008, 279(1);103-9
[PubMed:18177310] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jonathan Reizer, Steffi Bachem, Aiala Reizer, Maryvonne Arnaud, Milton H Saier, Jörg Stülke
Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1999, 145 ( Pt 12);3419-3429
[PubMed:10627040] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)