GlpF

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Gene name	glpF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glycerol uptake facilitator
Function	glycerol uptake
MW, pI	28 kDa, 9.506
Gene length, protein length	822 bp, 274 aa
Immediate neighbours	glpP, glpK
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: glpF-glpK

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: carbon catabolite repression, induction by glycerol

• Regulatory mechanism: catabolite repression: repression by CcpA, induction: GlpP-dependent RNA switch (transcriptional antitermination)

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References

1. Beijer L, Nilsson RP, Holmberg C, Rutberg L: The glpP and glpF genes of the glycerol regulon in Bacillus subtilis. J Gen Microbiol 1993;139:349-359. PubMed
2. Darbon E, Servant P, Poncet S, Deutscher J (2002) Antitermination by GlpP, catabolite repression via CcpA and inducer exclusion triggered by P~GlpK dephosphorylation control Bacillus subtilis glpFK expression. Mol Microbiol 43:1039-1052. PubMed