YtrA

• Description: transcriptional repressor of the ytrA-ytrB-ytrC-ytrD-ytrE-ytrF operon, GntR family
  
  

Gene name	ytrA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor (GntR family)
Function	regulation of acetoine uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	14 kDa, 8.094
Gene length, protein length	390 bp, 130 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytrB, ytzC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources, transcription factors and their control, cold stress proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

YtrA regulon

The YtrA regulon:

• ytrA-ytrB-ytrC-ytrD-ytrE-ytrF

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30460

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3NEU (similar protein from Listeria innocua, 41% identity)

• UniProt: O34712

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ytrA-ytrB-ytrC-ytrD-ytrE-ytrF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early in the stationary phase PubMed
  • induced by cold shock (5-fold) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • YtrA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: