MtrB

• Description: tryptophan operon RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP)
  
  

Gene name	mtrB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	tryptophan operon RNA-binding attenuation protein (TRAP)
Function	regulation of tryptophan biosynthesis (and translation) attenuation in the trp operon; repression of the folate operon
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Phe, Tyr, Trp, Folate
MW, pI	8 kDa, 7.333
Gene length, protein length	225 bp, 75 aa
Immediate neighbours	hepS, folE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU22770

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by MtrB

• pabA PubMed
• trpE-trpD-trpC-trpF-trpB-trpA PubMed
• trpP PubMed
• ycbK PubMed

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: TRAP-RtpA PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2ZD0 (mutant TRAP, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1WAP (complex with L-tryptophan), 2ZP9 (complex with RtpA)

• UniProt: P19466

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: folE-mtrB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: