OppF

• Description: oligopeptide ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein)
  
  

Gene name	oppF
Synonyms	spo0KE
Essential	no
Product	oligopeptide ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein)
Function	initiation of sporulation, competence development
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: oppF
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: OppF
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Alternative nitrogen sources
MW, pI	34 kDa, 6.95
Gene length, protein length	915 bp, 305 aa
Immediate neighbours	oppD, yjbB
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, utilization of nitrogen sources other than amino acids, genetic competence, phosphorelay, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ScoC regulon, TnrA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU11470

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • required for the uptake of quorum sensing peptides such as PhrH PubMed

• 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:
  • (OppD-OppF)-(OppB-OppC)-OppA PubMed

• Localization: attached to the cell membrane (via OppB-OppC) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P24137

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: oppA-oppB-oppC-oppD-oppF PubMed

• Expression browser: oppF PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed in the absence of good nitrogen sources (glutamine or ammonium) (TnrA) PubMed
  • repressed during exponential growth (ScoC) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • TnrA: transcription activation PubMed
  • ScoC: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Ken-ichi Yoshida, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Masaki Kinehara, Yo-hei Ohki, Yoshiko Nakaura, Yasutaro Fujita
Identification of additional TnrA-regulated genes of Bacillus subtilis associated with a TnrA box.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(1);157-65
[PubMed:12823818] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Koide, M Perego, J A Hoch
ScoC regulates peptide transport and sporulation initiation in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(13);4114-7
[PubMed:10383984] [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)

J R LeDeaux, J M Solomon, A D Grossman
Analysis of non-polar deletion mutations in the genes of the spo0K (opp) operon of Bacillus subtilis.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 1997, 153(1);63-9
[PubMed:9252573] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Perego, C F Higgins, S R Pearce, M P Gallagher, J A Hoch
The oligopeptide transport system of Bacillus subtilis plays a role in the initiation of sporulation.
Mol Microbiol: 1991, 5(1);173-85
[PubMed:1901616] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)