Btr

• Description: transcription activator (AraC family DNA-binding domain fused to FeuA-like substrate-binding domain), regulation of the feuABC ybbA operon
  
  

Gene name	btr
Synonyms	ybbB, yzbC
Essential	no
Product	transcription activator (AraC family)
Function	regulation of iron acquisition
MW, pI	60 kDa, 6.433
Gene length, protein length	1587 bp, 529 aa
Immediate neighbours	feuA, ybbC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

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:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P40408

• KEGG entry: BSU01640

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information: the mRNA is very stable (half-life > 15 min) PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed