putP
168
high affinity proline permease
Locus
BSU_03220
Molecular weight
48.25 kDa
Isoelectric point
8.62
Function
proline uptake
Product
high affinity proline permease
Essential
no
Synonyms
putP, ycgO
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0591 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
347,150 → 348,571
Phenotypes of a mutant
no growth with proline as single source of carbon or nitrogen PubMed
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
uptake of proline coupled to the uptake of sodium ions
Protein family
sodium:solute symporter (SSF) (TC 2.A.21) family (according to UniProt)
Structure
2XQ2 (PDB) (from Vibrio parahaemolyticus, 26% identity) PubMed
Paralogous protein(s)
cell membrane (according to UniProt)
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B994 (ycgO::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
available in Erhard Bremer's lab PubMed
References
Mapping of internal monophosphate 5' ends of Bacillus subtilis messenger RNAs and ribosomal RNAs in wild-type and ribonuclease-mutant strains.
Nucleic acids research. 2016 Apr 20; 44(7):3373-89. doi:10.1093/nar/gkw073. PMID:26883633
Glu-311 in External Loop 4 of the Sodium/Proline Transporter PutP Is Crucial for External Gate Closure.
The Journal of biological chemistry. 2016 Mar 04; 291(10):4998-5008. doi:10.1074/jbc.M115.675306. PMID:26728461
The γ-aminobutyrate permease GabP serves as the third proline transporter of Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology. 2014 Feb; 196(3):515-26. doi:10.1128/JB.01128-13. PMID:24142252
Proline utilization by Bacillus subtilis: uptake and catabolism.
Journal of bacteriology. 2012 Feb; 194(4):745-58. doi:10.1128/JB.06380-11. PMID:22139509
PrcR, a PucR-type transcriptional activator, is essential for proline utilization and mediates proline-responsive expression of the proline utilization operon putBCP in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading, England). 2011 Dec; 157(Pt 12):3370-7. doi:10.1099/mic.0.054197-0. PMID:21964733
Indirect repression by Bacillus subtilis CodY via displacement of the activator of the proline utilization operon.
Journal of molecular biology. 2011 Oct 21; 413(2):321-36. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2011.08.003. PMID:21840319
The mechanism of sodium and substrate release from the binding pocket of vSGLT.
Nature. 2010 Dec 16; 468(7326):988-91. doi:10.1038/nature09580. PMID:21131949
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