MntA

• Description: manganese ABC transporter (binding protein, lipoprotein)
  
  

Gene name	mntA
Synonyms	ytgA
Essential	no
Product	manganese ABC transporter (binding protein)
Function	manganese uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mntA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: MntA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: mntA
MW, pI	33 kDa, 6.162
Gene length, protein length	918 bp, 306 aa
Immediate neighbours	mntB, menC
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

ABC transporters, trace metal homeostasis (Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn, Mo)

This gene is a member of the following regulons

MntR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30770

Phenotypes of a mutant

• essential according to Kobayashi et al., but a mutant has been constructed and studied by Que and Helmann, 2000

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: bacterial solute-binding protein 9 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): ZnuA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • MntB-(MntC-MntD)-MntA PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), extracellular lipoprotein (signal peptide) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34385

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mntA-mntB-mntC-mntD PubMed

• Expression browser: mntA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed at high Mn(II) concentrations (MntR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • MntR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • A ncRNA is predicted between mntA and menC PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

John Helmann, Cornell University, USA Homepage

References

Irnov Irnov, Cynthia M Sharma, Jörg Vogel, Wade C Winkler
Identification of regulatory RNAs in Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(19);6637-51
[PubMed:20525796] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Birgit Voigt, Haike Antelmann, Dirk Albrecht, Armin Ehrenreich, Karl-Heinz Maurer, Stefan Evers, Gerhard Gottschalk, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Thomas Schweder, Michael Hecker
Cell physiology and protein secretion of Bacillus licheniformis compared to Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2009, 16(1-2);53-68
[PubMed:18957862] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Helena B Thomaides, Ella J Davison, Lisa Burston, Hazel Johnson, David R Brown, Alison C Hunt, Jeffery Errington, Lloyd Czaplewski
Essential bacterial functions encoded by gene pairs.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(2);591-602
[PubMed:17114254] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Emmanuel Guedon, Charles M Moore, Qiang Que, Tao Wang, Rick W Ye, John D Helmann
The global transcriptional response of Bacillus subtilis to manganese involves the MntR, Fur, TnrA and sigmaB regulons.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(6);1477-91
[PubMed:12950915] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Q Que, J D Helmann
Manganese homeostasis in Bacillus subtilis is regulated by MntR, a bifunctional regulator related to the diphtheria toxin repressor family of proteins.
Mol Microbiol: 2000, 35(6);1454-68
[PubMed:10760146] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)