SunT

• Description: sublancin 168 lantibiotic ABC transporter
  
  

Gene name	sunT
Synonyms	yolH
Essential	no
Product	sublancin 168 lantibiotic ABC transporter
Function	sublancin export and processing
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sunT
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	81 kDa, 8.386
Gene length, protein length	2115 bp, 705 aa
Immediate neighbours	bdbA, sunA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds, SP-beta prophage, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Abh regulon, AbrB regulon, Rok regulon, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU21470

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: has both a membrane-spanning and an ATP-binding domain PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P68579

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sunT-bdbA-sunS-bdbB PubMed

• Expression browser: sunT PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by Rok PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • activated by YvrHb PubMed
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repressionPubMed
  • Abh: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the amount of the mRNA is substantially decreased upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Susanne Gebhard
ABC transporters of antimicrobial peptides in Firmicutes bacteria - phylogeny, function and regulation.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 86(6);1295-317
[PubMed:23106164] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications

Additional publications: PubMed

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947