GltR

• Description: transcriptional regulator (LysR family)
  
  

Gene name	gltR
Synonyms	yrdL
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional regulator (LysR family)
Function	unknown
MW, pI	32 kDa, 6.653
Gene length, protein length	888 bp, 296 aa
Immediate neighbours	yrdN, yrdK
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU26670

Phenotypes of a mutant

The function of this protein is unknown. However, certain mutant forms are able to activate expression of the gltA-gltB operon (and thus to replace the cognate activator protein GltC)

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: LysR family of transcription factors

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94501

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

The function of this protein is unknown. However, certain mutant forms are able to activate expression of the gltA-gltB operon (and thus to replace the cognate activator protein GltC)

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP345 (erm), available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Linc Sonenshein, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Homepage