Abf2

• Description: alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase
  
  

Gene name	abf2
Synonyms	xsa
Essential	no
Product	alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase
Function	arabinan degradation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: abf2
MW, pI	56 kDa, 5.329
Gene length, protein length	1485 bp, 495 aa
Immediate neighbours	trxA, etfA
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

utilization of specific carbon sources

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AraR regulon, CcpA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28510

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing alpha-L-arabinofuranoside residues in alpha-L-arabinosides (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 51 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94552

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.55

Expression and regulation

• Operon: abf2 PubMed

• Expression browser: abf2 PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by arabinose (AraR) PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • AraR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • A ncRNA is predicted between trxA and abf2 PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

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