LicA

• Description: lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIA component
  
  

Gene name	licA
Synonyms	celC
Essential	no
Product	lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIA component
Function	lichenan uptake and phosphorylation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	12 kDa, 4.641
Gene length, protein length	330 bp, 110 aa
Immediate neighbours	licH, licC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38570

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein EIIA N(pi)-phospho-L-histidine + protein EIIB = protein EIIA + protein EIIB N(pi)-phospho-L-histidine/cysteine (according to Swiss-Prot)

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

• 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: P46319

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.69

Expression and regulation

• Operon: licB-licC-licA-licH PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA) , carbon catabolite repression, induction by oligomeric ß-glucosides PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, catabolite repression: repression by CcpA, induction: transcription activation by the PRD-type regulator LicR PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

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)

S Tobisch, P Glaser, S Krüger, M Hecker
Identification and characterization of a new beta-glucoside utilization system in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(2);496-506
[PubMed:8990303] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Reizer et al. (1999) Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 145: 3419-3429 PubMed

1. Tobisch, S., P. Glaser, S. Krüger, and M. Hecker. 1997. Identification and characterization of a new ß-glucoside utilization system in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 179:496-506. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed