RibU
- Description: riboflavin transporter
| Gene name | ribU |
| Synonyms | ypaA |
| Essential | no |
| Product | riboflavin transporter |
| Function | riboflavin uptake |
| MW, pI | 20 kDa, 10.12 |
| Gene length, protein length | 570 bp, 190 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | fer, ypzE |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU23050
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
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:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: P50726
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Regulation: expressed in the absence of FMN (FMN-box)
- Regulatory mechanism: FMN-box: riboswitch, controls access of the ribosome to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence
- 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
Christian Vogl, Simon Grill, Oliver Schilling, Jörg Stülke, Matthias Mack, Jürgen Stolz
Characterization of riboflavin (vitamin B2) transport proteins from Bacillus subtilis and Corynebacterium glutamicum.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(20);7367-75
[PubMed:17693491]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Wade C Winkler, Smadar Cohen-Chalamish, Ronald R Breaker
An mRNA structure that controls gene expression by binding FMN.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2002, 99(25);15908-13
[PubMed:12456892]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
- Vogl, C., Grill, S., Schilling, O., Stülke, J., Mack, M. & Stolz, J. (2007) Characterization of riboflavin (vitamin B2) transport proteins from Bacillus subtilis and Corynebacterium glutamicum. J. Bacteriol. 189: 7367-7375. PubMed
- Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed
