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• Achtung: transcriptional activator of the acoA-acoB-acoC-acoL operon
  
  

Gene name	acoR
Synonyms	yfjG, yzcB
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional activator (for SigL-dependent promoter)
Function	regulation of acetoin utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: eno
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: Eno
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	66 kDa, 7.884
Gene length, protein length	1815 bp, 605 aa
Immediate neighbours	acoL, sspH
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources, transcription factors and their control

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon

The AcoR regulon:

• acoA-acoB-acoC-acoL

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU08100

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:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31551

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: acoR-sspH PubMed

• Expression browser: acoR PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (3.7-fold) (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1S112 (no resistance), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Michel Debarbouille, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Homepage

References

Bogumiła C Marciniak, Monika Pabijaniak, Anne de Jong, Robert Dűhring, Gerald Seidel, Wolfgang Hillen, Oscar P Kuipers
High- and low-affinity cre boxes for CcpA binding in Bacillus subtilis revealed by genome-wide analysis.
BMC Genomics: 2012, 13;401
[PubMed:22900538] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

N O Ali, J Bignon, G Rapoport, M Debarbouille
Regulation of the acetoin catabolic pathway is controlled by sigma L in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(8);2497-504
[PubMed:11274109] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Huang, F B Oppermann-Sanio, A Steinbüchel
Biochemical and molecular characterization of the Bacillus subtilis acetoin catabolic pathway.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(12);3837-41
[PubMed:10368162] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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