sacY
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transcriptional antiterminator for sacB and sacX-sacY (acts at high sucrose concentrations)
Locus
BSU_38420
Molecular weight
32.31 kDa
Isoelectric point
5.88
Function
regulation of sucrose utilization
Product
transcriptional antiterminator
Essential
no
Synonyms
sacY, ipa-13r, sacS
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG3711 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
3,943,667 → 3,944,509
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
binding to the mRNA of sacB (sacB leader RNA) and the sacX-sacY operon (sacX leader RNA), causes transcription antitermination (in presence of sucrose)
Protein family
Structure
Paralogous protein(s)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
induction by sucrose (at high concentration) PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
SacY: antitermination, in sacY regulon
Sigma factors
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Biological materials
Mutant
GP425 (cat), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
Expression vectors
for expression, purification of RNA-binding domain in E. coli with N-terminal His-tag, in pWH844: pGP316, available in Jörg Stülke's lab
for expression, purification of RNA-binding domain in E. coli with N-terminal His-tag and thrombin cleavage site, in pGP570: pGP573, available in Jörg Stülke's lab
FLAG-tag construct
GP1222 (spc, based on pGP1331), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
GFP fusion
GP1226 (spc, based on pGP1870), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
Labs working on this gene/protein
Stephane Aymerich, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, INRA Paris-Grignon, France
References
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Time of last update: 2025-03-14 09:32:01
Author of last update: Jstuelk