Mta

• Description: transcriptional activator of multidrug-efflux transporter genes, activates ymfD expression
  
  

Gene name	mta
Synonyms	ywnD
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional activator
Function	regulation of multidrug-efflux transporter genes
MW, pI	29 kDa, 4.949
Gene length, protein length	771 bp, 257 aa
Immediate neighbours	clsA, ywnC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36600

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1JBG (N-terminal domain), 1R8D (complex with DNA)

• UniProt: P71039

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

Richard Brennan, Houston, Texas, USA Homepage

References

Marcus Miethke, Sarah Schmidt, Mohamed A Marahiel
The major facilitator superfamily-type transporter YmfE and the multidrug-efflux activator Mta mediate bacillibactin secretion in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(15);5143-52
[PubMed:18502870] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

N N Baranova, A Danchin, A A Neyfakh
Mta, a global MerR-type regulator of the Bacillus subtilis multidrug-efflux transporters.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 31(5);1549-59
[PubMed:10200972] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)