GbsB

• Description: choline dehydrogenase (FAD-dependent), glycine betaine synthesis
  
  

Gene name	gbsB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	choline dehydrogenase (FAD-dependent)
Function	osmoprotection
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gbsB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	43 kDa, 4.912
Gene length, protein length	1209 bp, 403 aa
Immediate neighbours	yuaD, gbsA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, coping with hyper-osmotic stress

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GbsR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31050

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: An alcohol + NAD⁺ = an aldehyde or ketone + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: iron-containing alcohol dehydrogenase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P71017

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.1

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gbsA-gbsB PubMed

• Expression browser: gbsB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by choline (GbsR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GbsR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1A1056 ( gbsB::kan), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Erhard Bremer, University of Marburg, Germany homepage