NasA

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  • Description: nitrate transporter

Gene name nasA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product nitrate transporter
Function nitrate uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Alternative nitrogen sources
MW, pI 45 kDa, 10.494
Gene length, protein length 1263 bp, 421 aa
Immediate neighbours nasB, yciA
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, utilization of nitrogen sources other than amino acids, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

TnrA regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU03330

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: View classification (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): NarK

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
    • expressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Víctor M Luque-Almagro, Andrew J Gates, Conrado Moreno-Vivián, Stuart J Ferguson, David J Richardson, M Dolores Roldán
Bacterial nitrate assimilation: gene distribution and regulation.
Biochem Soc Trans: 2011, 39(6);1838-43
[PubMed:22103536] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications