LicA

• Description: lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIA component
  
  

Gene name	licA
Synonyms	celC
Essential	no
Product	lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIA component
Function	lichenan uptake and phosphorylation
MW, pI	12 kDa, 4.641
Gene length, protein length	330 bp, 110 aa
Immediate neighbours	licH, licC
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.69

Expression and regulation

• Operon: licB-licC-licA-licH PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA) , carbon catabolite repression, induction by oligomeric ß-glucosides PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, catabolite repression: repression by CcpA, induction: transcription activation by the PRD-type regulator LicR PubMed

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References

1. Tobisch, S., P. Glaser, S. Krüger, and M. Hecker. 1997. Identification and characterization of a new ß-glucoside utilization system in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 179:496-506. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed