Mta

• Description: transcriptional activator of multidrug-efflux transporter genes, activates ymfD expression
  
  

Gene name	mta
Synonyms	ywnD
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional activator
Function	regulation of multidrug-efflux transporter genes
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mta
MW, pI	29 kDa, 4.949
Gene length, protein length	771 bp, 257 aa
Immediate neighbours	clsA, ywnC
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

transcription factors and their control, resistance against toxins/ antibiotics

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Mta regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36600

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU36600

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

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:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU36600

• Structure: 1JBG (N-terminal domain), 1R8D (complex of N-terminal domain with DNA)

• UniProt: P71039

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mta PubMed

• Expression browser: mta PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • positive autoregulation PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Mta: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

Richard Brennan, Houston, Texas, USA Homepage

References

Marcus Miethke, Sarah Schmidt, Mohamed A Marahiel
The major facilitator superfamily-type transporter YmfE and the multidrug-efflux activator Mta mediate bacillibactin secretion in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(15);5143-52
[PubMed:18502870] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kate J Newberry, Richard G Brennan
The structural mechanism for transcription activation by MerR family member multidrug transporter activation, N terminus.
J Biol Chem: 2004, 279(19);20356-62
[PubMed:14985361] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M H Godsey, N N Baranova, A A Neyfakh, R G Brennan
Crystal structure of MtaN, a global multidrug transporter gene activator.
J Biol Chem: 2001, 276(50);47178-84
[PubMed:11581256] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M H Godsey, N N Baranova, A A Neyfakh, R G Brennan
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies on the DNA-binding domain of the multidrug transporter activation protein (MtaN) from Bacillus subtilis.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr: 2000, 56(Pt 11);1456-8
[PubMed:11053850] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

N N Baranova, A Danchin, A A Neyfakh
Mta, a global MerR-type regulator of the Bacillus subtilis multidrug-efflux transporters.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 31(5);1549-59
[PubMed:10200972] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E Presecan, I Moszer, L Boursier, H Cruz Ramos, V de la Fuente, M-F Hullo, C Lelong, S Schleich, A Sekowska, B H Song, G Villani, F Kunst, A Danchin, P Glaser
The Bacillus subtilis genome from gerBC (311 degrees) to licR (334 degrees).
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 10);3313-3328
[PubMed:9353933] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)