AbbA
- Description: inhibitor of AbrB activity
| Gene name | abbA |
| Synonyms | ykzF |
| Essential | no |
| Product | anti-repressor |
| Function | inhibition of AbrB |
| MW, pI | 7 kDa, 4.642 |
| Gene length, protein length | 195 bp, 65 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | ykuK, ykuL |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Coordinates:
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: inhibition of AbrB activity PubMed
- Protein family:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry:
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation: repressed by glucose (4.3-fold) (CcpA) PubMed, subject to carbon catabolite repression (4-fold: CcpA) PubMed, expressed at onset of stationary phase (Spo0A) PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, CcpA: transcription repression PubMed, Spo0A: transcription activation by Spo0A~P PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage
Your additional remarks
References
- Blencke et al. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab Eng. 5: 133-149 PubMed
- Banse et al. (2008) Parallel pathways of repression and antirepression governing the transition to stationary phase in Bacillus subtilis.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105: 15547-15552. PubMed
- Blencke, H.-M., Homuth, G., Ludwig, H., Mäder, U., Hecker, M. & Stülke, J. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab. Engn. 5: 133-149. PubMed
- Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed
