GlpP

• Description: transcriptional antiterminator of the glpT-glpQ and glpF-glpK-glpD operons
  
  

Gene name	glpP
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional antiterminator
Function	regulation of glycerol and glycerol-3-phosphate utilization
MW, pI	21 kDa, 8.104
Gene length, protein length	576 bp, 192 aa
Immediate neighbours	yhxA, glpF
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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Labs working on this gene/protein

Josef Deutscher, Paris-Grignon, France

References

1. Glatz E, Nilsson RP, Rutberg L, Rutberg B (1996) A dual role of the Bacillus subtilis glpD leader and the GlpP protein in the regulated expression of glpD: antitermination and control of mRNA stability. Mol Microbiol 19:319-328. 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
3. 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
4. Glatz E, Farewell A, Rutberg B: The Bacillus subtilis glpD leader and antiterminator protein GlpP provide a target for glucose repression in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998;162:93-96. PubMed
5. Glatz E, Persson M, Rutberg B: Antiterminator protein GlpP of Bacillus subtilis binds to glpD leader mRNA. Microbiology 1998;144:449-456. PubMed
6. Holmberg C, Rutberg L.(1992) An inverted repeat preceding the Bacillus subtilis glpD gene is a conditional terminator of transcription. Mol Microbiol. Oct;6(20): 2931-8. PubMed
7. Holmberg C, Rutberg B. (1991) Expression of the gene encoding glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (glpD) in Bacillus subtilis is controlled by antitermination. Mol Microbiol. Dec;5(12): 2891-900. PubMed
8. Lindgren V, Rutberg L. (1976) Genetic control of the glp system in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. Sep;127(3): 1047-57. PubMed
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