AraQ

• Description: L-arabinose ABC transporter (integral membrane protein)
  
  

Gene name	araQ
Synonyms	yseE
Essential	no
Product	L-arabinose ABC transporter(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 This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, utilization of specific carbon sources, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AraR regulon, CcpA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28730

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

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:
  • AraN(2)-(AraP-AraQ)-MsmX PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94530

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: araA-araB-araD-araL-araM-araN-araP-araQ-abfA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed
  • induced by arabinose (AraR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • AraR: transcription repression PubMed

• 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:

References

Additional publications: PubMed