FeuC

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  • Description: ABC transporter for the siderophores Fe-enterobactin and Fe-bacillibactin (integral membrane protein)

Gene name feuC
Synonyms
Essential no
Product ABC transporter for the siderophores Fe-enterobactin and
Fe-bacillibactin (integral membrane protein)
Function iron acquisition
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
metal ion homeostasis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Stress, Metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI 42 kDa, 10.435
Gene length, protein length 1182 bp, 394 aa
Immediate neighbours ybbA, feuB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
FeuC context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, acquisition of iron, iron metabolism, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Btr regulon, CitB regulon, Fur regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU01610

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: FecCD subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: cell membrane PubMed


Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed in the presence of iron (Fur, CitB) PubMed
    • induced in the presence of iron chelators bacillibactin or enterobactin (Btr) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
    • Fur: transcription repression PubMed
    • CitB: binding to the iron responsive element in the absence of iron
    • Btr: transcription activation in the presence of the co-activators bacillibactin or enterobactin 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