GutB

• Description: D-sorbitol dehydrogenase
  
  

Gene name	gutB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	D-sorbitol dehydrogenase
Function	glucitol utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	38 kDa, 5.213
Gene length, protein length	1059 bp, 353 aa
Immediate neighbours	gutR, gutP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU06150

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-iditol + NAD⁺ = L-sorbose + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: zinc-containing alcohol dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q06004

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.14

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gutP-gutB

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

K Ng, R Ye, X C Wu, S L Wong
Sorbitol dehydrogenase from Bacillus subtilis. Purification, characterization, and gene cloning.
J Biol Chem: 1992, 267(35);24989-94
[PubMed:1460002] [WorldCat.org] (P p)