GlcK

• Description: glucose kinase (D-glucose:ATP)
  
  

Gene name	glcK
Synonyms	yqgR
Essential	no
Product	glucose kinase (D-glucose:ATP)
Function	phosphorylation of the free glucose moiety of di-and oligosaccharides
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism, Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	33 kDa, 5.988
Gene length, protein length	963 bp, 321 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqgS, yqgQ
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24850

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-glucose = ADP + D-glucose 6-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: ROK (nagC/xylR) family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure: 2QM1 (from Enterococcus faecalis, 38% identity, 52% similarity)

• UniProt: P54495

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.2

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP2 (spc), available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: