OpuAB

• Description: glycine betaine ABC transporter (permease)
  
  

Gene name	opuAB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glycine betaine ABC transporter (permease)
Function	compatible solute transport
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: opuAB
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: OpuAB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	30 kDa, 9.837
Gene length, protein length	846 bp, 282 aa
Immediate neighbours	opuAA, opuAC
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, coping with hyper-osmotic stress, membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02990

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ABC transmembrane type-1 domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • OpuAA-OpuAB-OpuAC PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P46921

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: opuAA-opuAB-opuAC PubMed

• Expression browser: opuAB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by osmotic stress PubMed
  • repressed by intracellular glycine betaine PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Erhard Bremer, University of Marburg, Germany homepage