ArsR

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  • Description: arsenic resistance operon repressor

Gene name arsR
Synonyms yqcJ
Essential no
Product transcription repressor
Function regulation of as (III) efflux
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI 12 kDa, 4.883
Gene length, protein length 315 bp, 105 aa
Immediate neighbours yqcK, yqcI
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
ArsR context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription factors and their control, resistance against toxic metals, Skin element

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ArsR regulon, SigF regulon

The ArsR regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU25810

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
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Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • expressed early during sporulation in the forespore (SigF) PubMed
    • expressed in the presence of toxic metal ions (As(III), Cd(II) and Ag(I)) (ArsR) PubMed
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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

Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Charles M Moore, Ahmed Gaballa, Monica Hui, Rick W Ye, John D Helmann
Genetic and physiological responses of Bacillus subtilis to metal ion stress.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(1);27-40
[PubMed:15948947] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

T Sato, Y Kobayashi
The ars operon in the skin element of Bacillus subtilis confers resistance to arsenate and arsenite.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(7);1655-61
[PubMed:9537360] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)