SunT

• Description: sublancin 168 lantibiotic ABC transporter
  
  

Gene name	sunT
Synonyms	yolH
Essential	no
Product	sublancin 168 lantibiotic ABC transporter
Function	sublancin export and processing
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sunT
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	81 kDa, 8.386
Gene length, protein length	2115 bp, 705 aa
Immediate neighbours	bdbA, sunA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds, SP-beta prophage, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Abh regulon, AbrB regulon, Rok regulon, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU21470

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: has both a membrane-spanning and an ATP-binding domain PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P68579

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sunT-bdbA-sunS-bdbB PubMed

• Expression browser: sunT PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by Rok PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • activated by YvrHb PubMed
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repressionPubMed
  • Abh: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the amount of the mRNA is substantially decreased upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Susanne Gebhard
ABC transporters of antimicrobial peptides in Firmicutes bacteria - phylogeny, function and regulation.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 86(6);1295-317
[PubMed:23106164] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications

Additional publications: PubMed

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947

Masakuni Serizawa, Keisuke Kodama, Hiroki Yamamoto, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Junichi Sekiguchi
Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2005, 69(11);2155-69
[PubMed:16306698] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mark Albano, Wiep Klaas Smits, Linh T Y Ho, Barbara Kraigher, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Oscar P Kuipers, David Dubnau
The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2010-9
[PubMed:15743949] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ronald Dorenbos, Torsten Stein, Jorrit Kabel, Claude Bruand, Albert Bolhuis, Sierd Bron, Wim J Quax, Jan Maarten Van Dijl
Thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases are essential for the production of the lantibiotic sublancin 168.
J Biol Chem: 2002, 277(19);16682-8
[PubMed:11872755] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S H Paik, A Chakicherla, J N Hansen
Identification and characterization of the structural and transporter genes for, and the chemical and biological properties of, sublancin 168, a novel lantibiotic produced by Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Biol Chem: 1998, 273(36);23134-42
[PubMed:9722542] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)