FeuC

• Description: ABC transporter for the siderophores enterobactin and bacillibactin (integral membrane protein)
  
  

Gene name	feuC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ABC transporter for the siderophores enterobactin and bacillibactin (integral membrane protein)
Function	iron acquisition
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	42 kDa, 10.435
Gene length, protein length	1182 bp, 394 aa
Immediate neighbours	ybbA, feuB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01610

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: FecCD subfamily (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:

• UniProt: P40411

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: feuA-feuB-feuC-ybbA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of iron (Fur, CitB) PubMed
  • induced in the presence of iron chelators bacillibactin or enterobactin (Btr) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Fur: transcription repression PubMed
  • CitB: binding to the iron responsive element in the absence of iron
  • Btr: transcription activation in the presence of the co-activators bacillibactin or enterobactin PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: