ArsC

• Description: arsenate reductase
  
  

Gene name	arsC
Synonyms	yqcM
Essential	no
Product	arsenate reductase
Function	detoxification of arsenate
MW, pI	15 kDa, 4.749
Gene length, protein length	417 bp, 139 aa
Immediate neighbours	spoIVCA, arsB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25780

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein tyrosine phosphate + H₂O = protein tyrosine + phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: ArsC family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: ArsC-TrxA

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1Z2D (reduced form), 1Z2E (oxidized form), 2IPA (TrxA-ArcA-complex), 1JL3

• UniProt: P45947

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.1.3.48

Expression and regulation

• Operon: arsR-yqcK-arsB-arsC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed, SigF PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the forespore (SigF) PubMed
  • expressed in the presence of toxic metal ions (As(III), Cd(II) and Ag(I)) (ArsR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ArsR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: