TlpA

• Description: membrane-bound chemotaxis receptor, methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein
  
  

Gene name	tlpA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein
Function	control of chemotaxis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: tlpA
MW, pI	72 kDa, 4.906
Gene length, protein length	1986 bp, 662 aa
Immediate neighbours	mcpA, mcpB
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

motility and chemotaxis, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, SigD regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31250

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 PubMed, Polar (Septum) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39216

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: tlpA-mcpA PubMed

• Expression browser: tlpA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • in minimal medium, TlpA is present with 2,100 +/- 890 molecules per cell PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: