PyrP

• Description: uracil permease
  
  

Gene name	pyrP
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	uracil permease
Function	uracil transport in/out via proton symport
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Nucleotides (regulation)
MW, pI	45 kDa, 9.504
Gene length, protein length	1302 bp, 434 aa
Immediate neighbours	pyrR, pyrB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, biosynthesis/ acquisition of nucleotides, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

PyrR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15480

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: xanthine/uracil permease 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), membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39766

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: pyrR-pyrP-pyrB-pyrC-pyrAA-pyrAB-pyrK-pyrD-pyrF-pyrE PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced in the absence of uridine nucleotides (PyrR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • PyrR: RNA switch, transcription termination/ antitermination (in the presence of uridine nucleotides: termination, in their absence: antitermination) PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: