GlpF

• Description: glycerol facilitator
  
  

Gene name	glpF
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	glycerol facilitator
Function	glycerol uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: glpF
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: glpF
MW, pI	28 kDa, 9.506
Gene length, protein length	822 bp, 274 aa
Immediate neighbours	glpP, glpK
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

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

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, CcpA regulon, GlpP regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU09280

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: View classification (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

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: P18156

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: glpF-glpK PubMed

• Expression browser: glpF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (8-fold) (CcpA) PubMed
  • induction by glycerol (GlpP) PubMed
  • strongly induced in response to glucose starvation in M9 medium PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • GlpP-dependent RNA switch (transcriptional antitermination) PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Imke G de Jong, Jan-Willem Veening, Oscar P Kuipers
Single cell analysis of gene expression patterns during carbon starvation in Bacillus subtilis reveals large phenotypic variation.
Environ Microbiol: 2012, 14(12);3110-21
[PubMed:23033921] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Bogumiła C Marciniak, Monika Pabijaniak, Anne de Jong, Robert Dűhring, Gerald Seidel, Wolfgang Hillen, Oscar P Kuipers
High- and low-affinity cre boxes for CcpA binding in Bacillus subtilis revealed by genome-wide analysis.
BMC Genomics: 2012, 13;401
[PubMed:22900538] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Onuma Chumsakul, Hiroki Takahashi, Taku Oshima, Takahiro Hishimoto, Shigehiko Kanaya, Naotake Ogasawara, Shu Ishikawa
Genome-wide binding profiles of the Bacillus subtilis transition state regulator AbrB and its homolog Abh reveals their interactive role in transcriptional regulation.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2011, 39(2);414-28
[PubMed:20817675] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Emmanuelle Darbon, Pascale Servant, Sandrine Poncet, Josef Deutscher
Antitermination by GlpP, catabolite repression via CcpA and inducer exclusion triggered by P-GlpK dephosphorylation control Bacillus subtilis glpFK expression.
Mol Microbiol: 2002, 43(4);1039-52
[PubMed:11929549] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L Beijer, R P Nilsson, C Holmberg, L Rutberg
The glpP and glpF genes of the glycerol regulon in Bacillus subtilis.
J Gen Microbiol: 1993, 139(2);349-59
[PubMed:8436953] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)