GntK

• Description: gluconokinase
  
  

Gene name	gntK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	gluconokinase
Function	gluconate utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	56 kDa, 5.517
Gene length, protein length	1539 bp, 513 aa
Immediate neighbours	gntR, gntP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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

AbrB regulon, CcpA regulon, GntR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU40060

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-gluconate = ADP + 6-phospho-D-gluconate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: FGGY kinase 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: P12011

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.12

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gntR-gntK-gntP-gntZ PubMed1PubMed2

• Expression browser: gntK PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by gluconate (GntR) PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GntR: transcription repression PubMed
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed