NrgB

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  • Description: nitrogen-regulated PII-like protein

Gene name nrgB
Synonyms
Essential no
Product nitrogen-regulated PII-like protein
Function regulation of ammonium uptake
MW, pI 12 kDa, 8.825
Gene length, protein length 348 bp, 116 aa
Immediate neighbours nrgA, bcrC
Gene sequence (+200bp) Protein sequence
Genetic context
NrgB context.gif
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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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  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

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Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: induced by ammonium limitation
  • Regulatory mechanism: transcription activation by TnrA
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Susan Fisher, Boston, USA homepage

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Atkinson MR, Fisher SH (1991) Identification of genes and gene products whose expression is activated during nitrogen-limited growth in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 173:23-27. PubMed
  2. Wray, L. V., Atkinson, M. R. & Fisher, S. H. (1994). The nitrogen-regulated Bacillus subtilis nrgAB operon encodes a membrane protein and a protein highly similar to the Escherichia coli glnB-encoded PII protein. J Bacteriol 176, 108-114. PubMed
  3. Detsch, C. & Stülke, J. (2003) Ammonium utilization in Bacillus subtilis: transport and regulatory functions of NrgA and NrgB. Microbiology 149: 3289-3297. PubMed
  4. Heinrich, A., Woyda, K., Brauburger, K., Meiss, G., Detsch, C., Stülke, J. & Forchhammer, K. (2006) Interaction of the membrane-bound GlnK-AmtB complex with the master regulator of nitrogen metabolism TnrA in Bacillus subtilis. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 34909-34917. PubMed
  5. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed