HutM

• Description: histidine permease
  
  

Gene name	hutM
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	histidine permease
Function	histidine uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: His
MW, pI	51 kDa, 9.007
Gene length, protein length	1425 bp, 475 aa
Immediate neighbours	hutG, pdp
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, utilization of amino acids, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, CodY regulon, HutP regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39390

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YbgF

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:

• UniProt: P42087

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: hutP-hutH-hutU-hutI-hutG-hutM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed
  • induced by histidine (HutP) PubMed
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
  • HutP: transcriptional antitermination at a protein-dependent RNA switch located between hutP and hutH PubMed
• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: