MgtE
- Description: magnesium transport via permease (no H+)
Gene name | mgtE |
Synonyms | ykoK |
Essential | no |
Product | magnesium transport via permease (no H+) |
Function | magnesium uptake |
MW, pI | 50 kDa, 4.609 |
Gene length, protein length | 1353 bp, 451 aa |
Immediate neighbours | ykzD, tnrA |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
transporters/ other, metal ion homeostasis (K, Na, Ca, Mg), membrane proteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU13300
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: SLC41A transporter family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure: 2QBZ (the mgtE riboswitch)
- UniProt: O34442
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulatory mechanism: M-box: Mg(2+)-responsive riboswitch 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
Charles E Dann, Catherine A Wakeman, Cecelia L Sieling, Stephanie C Baker, Irnov Irnov, Wade C Winkler
Structure and mechanism of a metal-sensing regulatory RNA.
Cell: 2007, 130(5);878-92
[PubMed:17803910]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Jeffrey E Barrick, Keith A Corbino, Wade C Winkler, Ali Nahvi, Maumita Mandal, Jennifer Collins, Mark Lee, Adam Roth, Narasimhan Sudarsan, Inbal Jona, J Kenneth Wickiser, Ronald R Breaker
New RNA motifs suggest an expanded scope for riboswitches in bacterial genetic control.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2004, 101(17);6421-6
[PubMed:15096624]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)