RibU

• Description: riboflavin transporter
  
  

Gene name	ribU
Synonyms	ypaA
Essential	no
Product	riboflavin transporter
Function	riboflavin uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Riboflavin / FAD
MW, pI	20 kDa, 10.12
Gene length, protein length	570 bp, 190 aa
Immediate neighbours	fer, ypzE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, biosynthesis of cofactors, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

FMN-box

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23050

Expression

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: membrane

Database entries

• Structure: 3P5N (RibU from Staphylococcus aureus)

• UniProt: P50726

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ribU PubMed
  • there is a promoter directly in front of ribU PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: expressed in the absence of FMN (FMN-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: FMN-box: riboswitch, controls access of the ribosome to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the mRNA is substantially stabilized upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original publications

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947