ZnuC

• Description: zinc transport in via ABC system
  
  

Gene name	ycdI
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	zinc transport in via ABC system
Function	zinc uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	26 kDa, 8.198
Gene length, protein length	693 bp, 231 aa
Immediate neighbours	ycdH, yceA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02860

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ABC transporter domain (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: O34946

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by zinc starvation (Zur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Zur: transcription repression in the presence of zinc PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Ahmed Gaballa, Tao Wang, Rick W Ye, John D Helmann
Functional analysis of the Bacillus subtilis Zur regulon.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(23);6508-14
[PubMed:12426338] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Gaballa, J D Helmann
Identification of a zinc-specific metalloregulatory protein, Zur, controlling zinc transport operons in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(22);5815-21
[PubMed:9811636] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)