RocB

• Description: involved in arginine and ornithine utilization
  
  

Gene name	rocB
Synonyms	ipa-77d
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	arginine, ornithine and citrulline utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rocB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI	64 kDa, 5.347
Gene length, protein length	1698 bp, 566 aa
Immediate neighbours	rocC, rocA
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

utilization of amino acids

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AhrC regulon, CodY regulon, RocR regulon, SigL regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37770

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): YqjN

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39635

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rocA-rocB-rocC PubMed

• Expression browser: rocB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigL PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induction by arginine (RocR, AhrC) PubMed
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed
  • RocR: transcription activation PubMed
  • AhrC: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: