YcbG

• Description: transcription regulator of the glucarate/galactarate utilization operon (GntR family)
  
  

Gene name	ycbG
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcription regulator (GntR family)
Function	regulation of glucarate/galactarate utilization
MW, pI	26 kDa, 5.993
Gene length, protein length	699 bp, 233 aa
Immediate neighbours	ycbF, ycbH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources, transcription factors and their control

This gene is a member of the following regulons

YcbG regulon

The YcbG regulon:

• ycbC-ycbD-ycbE-ycbF-ycbG-ycbH-ycbJ

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02500

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:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P42239

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ycbC-ycbD-ycbE-ycbF-ycbG-ycbH-ycbJ PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: induced by D-glucarate/galactarate (YcbG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: YcbG: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Shigeo Hosoya, Kunio Yamane, Michio Takeuchi, Tsutomu Sato
Identification and characterization of the Bacillus subtilis D-glucarate/galactarate utilization operon ycbCDEFGHJ.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2002, 210(2);193-9
[PubMed:12044674] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)