AraE

• Description: L-arabinose permease
  
  

Gene name	araE
Synonyms	yvbR
Essential	no
Product	L-arabinose permease
Function	uptake of arabinose, galactose and xylose
MW, pI	50 kDa, 9.259
Gene length, protein length	1392 bp, 464 aa
Immediate neighbours	cggR, araR
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: transports arabinose, and also xylose and galactose PubMed

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Extended information on the protein

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• KEGG entry: [2]

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Expression and regulation

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• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA), induced by arabinose PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

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Biological materials

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References

1. Krispin, O., and R. Allmansberger. (1998) The Bacillus subtilis AraE protein displays a broad substrate specificity for several different sugars. J. Bacteriol. 180: 3250-3252. PubMed
2. Sá-Nogueira I, Ramos SS. (1997) Cloning, functional analysis, and transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis araE gene involved in L-arabinose utilization. J Bacteriol. Dec;179(24): 7705-11. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed