TrkA

• Description: cation export
  
  

Gene name	trkA
Synonyms	yrdP
Essential	no
Product	cation exporter
Function	resistance to toxic metal ions
MW, pI	38 kDa, 9.826
Gene length, protein length	1035 bp, 345 aa
Immediate neighbours	yrdQ, czcD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU26640

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, trace metal homeostasis (Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn, Mo), resistance against toxic metals

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O07085

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: czcD-trkA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of toxic metal ions (Zn(II), Cd(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Cu(II)) (CzrA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CzrA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

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)