AcoB

• Description: acetoin dehydrogenase E1 component (TPP-dependent beta subunit)
  
  

Gene name	acoB
Synonyms	yfjJ
Essential	no
Product	acetoin dehydrogenase E1 component (TPP-dependent beta subunit))
Function	acetoin utilization
MW, pI	36 kDa, 4.396
Gene length, protein length	1026 bp, 342 aa
Immediate neighbours	acoA, acoC
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: acoA-acoB-acoC-acoL PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigL PubMed

• Regulation: induced by acetoin (AcoR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: AcoR: transcription activation (interaction with SigL-containing RNA polymerase) PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Michel Debarbouille, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Homepage

References

1. Ali, N. O., Bignon, J., Rapoport, G., and Débarbouillé, M. (2001) Regulation of the acetoin catabolic pathway is controlled by sigma L in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 183, 2497-2504. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed