ktrD [2017-05-21 19:39:25]

low affinity potassium transporter KtrC-KtrD, integral membrane subunit

Locus: BSU13500

Isoelectric point: 9.22

Molecular weight: 49.26 kDa

Protein length: 449 aa

Gene length: 1347 bp

Function: potassium uptake

Product: low affinity potassium transporter KtrC-KtrD, integral membrane subunit (proton symport)

Essential: no

Synonyms: ykrM

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Cellular processes → Transporters → Transporters/ other → Metal ion transporter
• Cellular processes → Homeostasis → Metal ion homeostasis (K, Na, Ca, Mg) → Potassium uptake/ export
• Lifestyles → Coping with stress → Coping with hyper-osmotic stress
• Groups of genes → Membrane proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 1,416,067 → 1,417,416

The protein

Protein family

• View classification (according to Swiss-Prot)

Paralogous protein(s)

• KtrB

Structure

• 4J7C (the KtrA-KtrB complex, 36% identity) PubMed

Localization

• integral membrane protein PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: ktrD
  Description: PubMed

  Regulation

  • constitutively expressed

Biological materials

Mutant

• MGNA-B317 (ykrM::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
• GHB12 (ktrD::tet), PubMed, available in Erhard Bremer's and Jörg Stülke's labs
• GP2030 (ktrD::tet), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
• 1A956 (ktrD::tet), PubMed, available at BGSC

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Erhard Bremer, University of Marburg, Germany homepage

References

Reviews

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Original publications

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