BcaP

Gene name	bcaP
Synonyms	yhdG
Essential	no
Product	branched-chain amino acid transporter
Function	biosynthesis/acquisition of branched-chain amino acids
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: bcaP
MW, pI	49 kDa, 9.735
Gene length, protein length	1395 bp, 465 aa
Immediate neighbours	yhdF, yhdH
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

transporters/ other, biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, utilization of amino acids, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU09460

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YfnA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O07576

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: bcaP PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed during growth in the presence of branched chain amino acids (CodY) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CodY: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: