FhuC

• Description: hydroxamate siderophore ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein) (ferrichrome und ferrioxamine)
  
  

Gene name	fhuC
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	hydroxamate siderophore ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein) (ferrichrome und ferrioxamine)
Function	siderophore uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI	29 kDa, 6.499
Gene length, protein length	807 bp, 269 aa
Immediate neighbours	yvrP, fhuG
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, acquisition of iron, iron metabolism, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Fur regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33290

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + H₂O + iron chelate(Out) = ADP + phosphate + iron chelate(In) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: FhuC-(FhuB-FhuG)-(FhuD-YxeB) PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P49938

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 3.6.3.34

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced upon iron starvation (Fur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Fur: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: