LutP

• Description: lactate permease
  
  

Gene name	lutP
Synonyms	yvfH
Essential	no
Product	lactate permease
Function	lactate uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	59 kDa, 9.476
Gene length, protein length	1689 bp, 563 aa
Immediate neighbours	lutR, sigL
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, utilization of specific carbon sources, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34190

Phenotypes of a mutant

poor growth with lactate as single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: lactate uptake PubMed

• Protein family: lactate permease family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): LctP

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P71067

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: lutP PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed at high cell density (ComA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComA: transcription activation (ComA) PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage