YcnJ

• Description: copper transporter
  
  

Gene name	ycnJ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	copper transporter
Function	uptake of copper
MW, pI	59 kDa, 10.098
Gene length, protein length	1623 bp, 541 aa
Immediate neighbours	ycnI, ycnK
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03950

Phenotypes of a mutant

growth-defective under copper-limiting conditions PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: uptake of copper PubMed

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: C0SP95

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • eightfold induction under copper-limiting conditions (YcnK, CsoR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • YcnK: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage