AbfA
- Description: alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase
Gene name | abfA |
Synonyms | |
Essential | no |
Product | alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase |
Function | arabinan degradation |
MW, pI | 56 kDa, 5.344 |
Gene length, protein length | 1500 bp, 500 aa |
Immediate neighbours | cstA, araQ |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Coordinates:
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:
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Interactions:
- Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- Structure: 1QW8 (complex with Ara-alpha-Xyl, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1PZ3 (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
- Swiss prot entry: P94531
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)
- Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression
- 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
- Inácio JM, Costa C, de Sá-Nogueira I. (2003) Distinct molecular mechanisms involved in carbon catabolite repression of the arabinose regulon in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology. Sep;149(Pt 9): 2345-55. PubMed# Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed
- Sa-Nogueira I.M.G., Nogueira T.V., Soares S., de Lencastre H. (1997) The Bacillus subtilis L-arabinose (ara) operon: nucleotide sequence, genetic organization and expression. Microbiology. Mar;143(Pt 3): 957-69. PubMed