LicA
- Description: lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIA component
| Gene name | licA |
| Synonyms | celC |
| Essential | no |
| Product | lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIA component |
| Function | lichenan uptake and phosphorylation |
| MW, pI | 12 kDa, 4.641 |
| Gene length, protein length | 330 bp, 110 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | licH, licC |
| Gene sequence (+200bp) | Protein sequence |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
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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: PTS permease, lactose permease (Lac) family PubMed
- 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:
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number: 2.7.1.69
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA) , carbon catabolite repression, induction by oligomeric ß-glucosides PubMed
- Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, catabolite repression: repression by CcpA, induction: transcription activation by the PRD-type regulator LicR PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
- Reizer et al. (1999) Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 145: 3419-3429 PubMed
