MntC

• Description: manganese ABC transporter (membrane protein)
  
  

Gene name	mntC
Synonyms	ytgC
Essential	no
Product	manganese ABC transporter (membrane protein)))
Function	manganese uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	47 kDa, 9.354
Gene length, protein length	1305 bp, 435 aa
Immediate neighbours	mntD, mntB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30750

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ABC-3 integral membrane protein family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

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:

• Swiss prot entry: O35024

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mntA-mntB-mntC-mntD PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: repressed by Mn(2+) (MntR) PubMed
  • activated at low Mn(II) concentrations (MntR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: MntR: transcription repression PubMed
  • MntR: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage

References

1. Que Q, Helmann JD. (2000) Manganese homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis is regulated by MntR, a bifunctional regulator related to the diphtheria toxin repressor family of proteins. Mol Microbiol. Mar;35(6): 1454-68. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed