OpuCB

• Description: glycine betaine/carnitine/choline ABC transporter
  
  

Gene name	opuCB
Synonyms	yvbD
Essential	no
Product	glycine betaine/carnitine/choline ABC transporter
Function	compatible solute transport
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: opuCB
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: OpuCB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	23 kDa, 9.705
Gene length, protein length	651 bp, 217 aa
Immediate neighbours	opuCC, opuCA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, coping with hyper-osmotic stress, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

OpcR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33820

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: CysTW subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): OpuBB

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: OpuCA-(OpuCB-OpuCD)-OpuCC PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34878

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: opuCA-opuCB-opuCC-opuCD PubMed

• Expression browser: opuCB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by salt stress PubMed
  • repressed by choline (OpcR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • OpcR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: