AraN

• Description: L-arabinose transport (sugar-binding protein)
  
  

Gene name	araN
Synonyms	yseC
Essential	no
Product	L-arabinose transport (sugar-binding protein))
Function	uptake of arabinose
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	48 kDa, 8.555
Gene length, protein length	1299 bp, 433 aa
Immediate neighbours	araP, araM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28750

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: bacterial solute-binding protein 1 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P94528

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: araA-araB-araD-araL-araM-araN-araP-araQ-abfA

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)
  • repressed in the absence of arabinose (AraR) PubMed

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

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

L J Mota, P Tavares, I Sá-Nogueira
Mode of action of AraR, the key regulator of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 33(3);476-89
[PubMed:10417639] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Isabel Sa-Nogueira, Teresa V Nogueira, Snia Soares, Hermnia de Lencastre
The Bacillus subtilis L-arabinose (ara) operon: nucleotide sequence, genetic organization and expression.
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 3);957-969
[PubMed:9084180] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)