yfiG

D-chiro-inositol transport protein

Locus: BSU_08260

Isoelectric point: 10.12

Molecular weight: 52.59 kDa

Protein length: 482 aa

Gene length: 1449 bp

Function: uptake of D-chiro-inositol

Product: D-chiro-inositol transport protein

Essential: no

Synonyms

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Cellular processes → Transporters → Transporters/ other → Carbohydrate transporter
• Metabolism → Carbon metabolism → Utilization of specific carbon sources → Utilization of inositol
• Groups of genes → Membrane proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 900,080 901,528

The protein

Protein family

• major facilitator superfamily (according to UniProt)
• Sugar transporter (TC 2.A.1.1) family (according to UniProt)

Paralogous protein(s)

• YncC, CsbC, IolT, AraE, YwtG

Structure

• 4LDS (from Staphylococcus epidermidis, 37% identity) PubMed

Localization

• cell membrane (according to UniProt)

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: yfiG-yfiH-yfiI
  Description: PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-C297 (yfiG::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
• BKE08260 (yfiG::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CACGGCTTTCTTCCCCTTCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAACCTGAGATACCAGGAGG
• BKK08260 (yfiG::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_CACGGCTTTCTTCCCCTTCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAACCTGAGATACCAGGAGG

References

Research papers

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