GanQ

• Description: probable cyclodextrin/maltodextrin ABC transporter (permease)
  
  

Gene name	ganQ
Synonyms	yvfM
Essential	no
Product	galactotriose ABC transporter (permease)
Function	uptake of galactotriose
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ganQ
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: GanQ
MW, pI	31 kDa, 9.762
Gene length, protein length	849 bp, 283 aa
Immediate neighbours	ganA, ganP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, utilization of specific carbon sources, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

LacR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34140

Phenotypes of a mutant

• a cycB-ganP-ganQ-ganA-ganB mutant is impaired in the utilization of galactan PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • (GanP-GanQ)-CycB PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O07011

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cycB-ganP-ganQ-ganA-ganB PubMed

• Expression browser: ganQ PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • LacR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Yunrong Chai, Pascale B Beauregard, Hera Vlamakis, Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter
Galactose metabolism plays a crucial role in biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis.
mBio: 2012, 3(4);e00184-12
[PubMed:22893383] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R A Daniel, J Haiech, F Denizot, J Errington
Isolation and characterization of the lacA gene encoding beta-galactosidase in Bacillus subtilis and a regulator gene, lacR.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(17);5636-8
[PubMed:9287030] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)