AbfA

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  • 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)
Genetic context
AbfA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
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  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure: 1PZ3 (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)
  • Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression
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Biological materials

  • Mutant:
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  • lacZ fusion:
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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

  1. 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
  2. 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