UreB

• Description: urease (beta subunit)
  
  

Gene name	ureB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	urease (beta subunit)
Function	utilization of urea as alternative nitrogen source
MW, pI	13 kDa, 9.751
Gene length, protein length	372 bp, 124 aa
Immediate neighbours	ureC, ureA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P71035

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.5.1.5

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ureA-ureB-ureC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA, SigH PubMed

• Regulation: induced by nitrogen limitation (GlnR, TnrA) PubMed, repressed by CodY PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: GlnR: transcription repression PubMed, TnrA: transcription activation PubMed, CodY: transcription repression PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed