GntP

• Description: gluconate permease
  
  

Gene name	gntP
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	gluconate permease
Function	gluconate uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: gntP
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	46 kDa, 8.098
Gene length, protein length	1344 bp, 448 aa
Immediate neighbours	gntK, gntZ
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, utilization of specific carbon sources, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, CcpA regulon, GntR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU40070

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: gntP permease family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YojA

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: P12012

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gntR-gntK-gntP-gntZ PubMed1 PubMed2

• Expression browser: gntP PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by gluconate (GntR) PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GntR: transcription repression PubMed
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Izumi Ishio, Eishi Nagakawa, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Mami Yamamoto, Yasutaro Fujita
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 3);573-579
[PubMed:10746760] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Fujita, Y Miwa
Catabolite repression of the Bacillus subtilis gnt operon mediated by the CcpA protein.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(2);511-3
[PubMed:8288545] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Miwa, Y Fujita
Promoter-independent catabolite repression of the Bacillus subtilis gnt operon.
J Biochem: 1993, 113(6);665-71
[PubMed:8370661] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Reizer, J Deutscher, M H Saier, J Reizer
Analysis of the gluconate (gnt) operon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1991, 5(5);1081-9
[PubMed:1659648] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Fujita, T Fujita
Effect of mutations causing gluconate kinase or gluconate permease deficiency on expression of the Bacillus subtilis gnt operon.
J Bacteriol: 1989, 171(3);1751-4
[PubMed:2537826] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Fujita, T Fujita
The gluconate operon gnt of Bacillus subtilis encodes its own transcriptional negative regulator.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 1987, 84(13);4524-8
[PubMed:3037520] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Fujita, T Fujita, Y Miwa, J Nihashi, Y Aratani
Organization and transcription of the gluconate operon, gnt, of Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 1986, 261(29);13744-53
[PubMed:3020045] [WorldCat.org] (P p)

Y Fujita, J Nihashi, T Fujita
The characterization and cloning of a gluconate (gnt) operon of Bacillus subtilis.
J Gen Microbiol: 1986, 132(1);161-9
[PubMed:3011959] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)