CorA

• Description: general stress protein, magnesium transporter
  
  

Gene name	corA
Synonyms	yqhC , yqxL
Essential	no
Product	magnesium transporter
Function	magnesium transport
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: corA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI	37 kDa, 9.536
Gene length, protein length	951 bp, 317 aa
Immediate neighbours	comGA, yqhB
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, metal ion homeostasis (K, Na, Ca, Mg), general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

LexA regulon, SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24740

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• 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: P40948

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: corA PubMed

• Expression browser: corA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed
  • induced upon DNA damage (LexA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • LexA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: