YveA

• Description: aspartate/ glutamate transporter
  
  

Gene name	yveA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	aspartate/ glutamate transporter
Function	aspartate uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yveA
MW, pI	56 kDa, 9.675
Gene length, protein length	1560 bp, 520 aa
Immediate neighbours	levB, yvdT
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, utilization of amino acids, sporulation proteins, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

DegU regulon, SacY regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34470

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): YbeC

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O07002

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • sacB-levB-yveA PubMed
  • yveA PubMed

• Expression browser: yveA PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • sacB: SigA PubMed
  • yveA: SigG PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induction by sucrose (at high concentration) (SacY) PubMed
  • expressed during sporulation in the forespore (SigG) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • SacY: binding to a RNA switch (transcriptional antitermination) PubMed
  • DegU-P: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Graciela Lorca, Brit Winnen, Milton H Saier
Identification of the L-aspartate transporter in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(10);3218-22
[PubMed:12730183] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Pereira, M F Petit-Glatron, R Chambert
yveB, Encoding endolevanase LevB, is part of the sacB-yveB-yveA levansucrase tricistronic operon in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2001, 147(Pt 12);3413-9
[PubMed:11739774] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Aymerich, M Steinmetz
Cloning and preliminary characterization of the sacS locus from Bacillus subtilis which controls the regulation of the exoenzyme levansucrase.
Mol Gen Genet: 1987, 208(1-2);114-20
[PubMed:3039303] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Shimotsu, D J Henner
Modulation of Bacillus subtilis levansucrase gene expression by sucrose and regulation of the steady-state mRNA level by sacU and sacQ genes.
J Bacteriol: 1986, 168(1);380-8
[PubMed:2428811] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)