AraQ

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  • Description: L-arabinose transport (integral membrane protein)

Gene name araQ
Synonyms yseE
Essential no
Product L-arabinose transport (integral membrane protein))
Function uptake of arabinose
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Sugar catabolism
MW, pI 31 kDa, 9.329
Gene length, protein length 843 bp, 281 aa
Immediate neighbours abfA, araP
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
AraQ context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU28730

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: MalFG subfamily (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:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)
    • repressed in the absence of arabinose (AraR) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression
  • Additional information: the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References