MrpA

• Description: Na+ transporter subunit of the Na+/H+ antiporter, multiple resistance and pH homeostasis
  
  

Gene name	mrpA
Synonyms	yufT, shaA, ntrA
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	Na+/H+ antiporter subunit
Function	sodium export
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mrpA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: MrpA
MW, pI	86 kDa, 9.519
Gene length, protein length	2322 bp, 774 aa
Immediate neighbours	yufS, mrpB
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

transporters/ other, metal ion homeostasis (K, Na, Ca, Mg), essential genes, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31600

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Na+ transporter subunit of the Na+/H+ antiporter PubMed

• Protein family:

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Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Interactions:
  • MrpA-MrpB-MrpC-MrpD-MrpE-MrpF-MrpG (complex)

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q9K2S2

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mrpA-mrpB-mrpC-mrpD-mrpE-mrpF-mrpG PubMed

• Expression browser: mrpA PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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References

Yusuke Kajiyama, Masato Otagiri, Junichi Sekiguchi, Toshiaki Kudo, Saori Kosono
The MrpA, MrpB and MrpD subunits of the Mrp antiporter complex in Bacillus subtilis contain membrane-embedded and essential acidic residues.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 7);2137-2147
[PubMed:19389778] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Yusuke Kajiyama, Masato Otagiri, Junichi Sekiguchi, Saori Kosono, Toshiaki Kudo
Complex formation by the mrpABCDEFG gene products, which constitute a principal Na+/H+ antiporter in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(20);7511-4
[PubMed:17693497] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Saori Kosono, Yusuke Kajiyama, Shin Kawasaki, Toko Yoshinaka, Koki Haga, Toshiaki Kudo
Functional involvement of membrane-embedded and conserved acidic residues in the ShaA subunit of the multigene-encoded Na+/H+ antiporter in Bacillus subtilis.
Biochim Biophys Acta: 2006, 1758(5);627-35
[PubMed:16730649] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Saori Kosono, Kei Asai, Yoshito Sadaie, Toshiaki Kudo
Altered gene expression in the transition phase by disruption of a Na+/H+ antiporter gene (shaA) in Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2004, 232(1);93-9
[PubMed:15019740] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Ito, A A Guffanti, W Wang, T A Krulwich
Effects of nonpolar mutations in each of the seven Bacillus subtilis mrp genes suggest complex interactions among the gene products in support of Na(+) and alkali but not cholate resistance.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(20);5663-70
[PubMed:11004162] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Ito, A A Guffanti, B Oudega, T A Krulwich
mrp, a multigene, multifunctional locus in Bacillus subtilis with roles in resistance to cholate and to Na+ and in pH homeostasis.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(8);2394-402
[PubMed:10198001] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Additional publications: PubMed