AraQ

• Description: L-arabinose transport (integral membrane protein)
  
  

Gene name	araQ
Synonyms	yseE
Essential	no
Product	L-arabinose transport (integral membrane protein))
Function	uptake of arabinose
MW, pI	31 kDa, 9.329
Gene length, protein length	843 bp, 281 aa
Immediate neighbours	abfA, araP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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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

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry: P94530

• KEGG entry: [2]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: araA-araB-araD-araL-araM-araN-araP-araQ-abfA

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

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Biological materials

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References

1. Inácio JM, Costa C, de Sá-Nogueira I. (2003) Distinct molecular mechanisms involved in carbon catabolite repression of the arabinose regulon in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology. Sep;149(Pt 9): 2345-55. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/12949161 PubMed
2. Sa-Nogueira I.M.G., Nogueira T.V., Soares S., de Lencastre H. (1997) The Bacillus subtilis L-arabinose (ara) operon: nucleotide sequence, genetic organization and expression. Microbiology. Mar;143(Pt 3): 957-69. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed