FeuB

• Description: ABC transporter for the siderophores Fe-enterobactin and Fe-bacillibactin (integral membrane protein)
  
  

Gene name	feuB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ABC transporter for the siderophores Fe-enterobactin and Fe-bacillibactin (integral membrane protein)
Function	acquisition of iron
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: FeuB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress, Metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI	35 kDa, 9.539
Gene length, protein length	1002 bp, 334 aa
Immediate neighbours	feuC, feuA
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

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

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Btr regulon, CitB regulon, Fur regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01620

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: FecCD subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • YusV-(FeuB-FeuC)-FeuA PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P40410

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: feuA-feuB-feuC-ybbA PubMed

• Expression browser: feuB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of iron (Fur, CitB) PubMed
  • induced in the presence of iron chelators bacillibactin or enterobactin (Btr) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Fur: transcription repression PubMed
  • CitB: binding to the iron responsive element in the absence of iron
  • Btr: transcription activation in the presence of the co-activators bacillibactin or enterobactin PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: