FadR

• Description: transcriptional repressor (TetR family), regulation of fatty acid degradation
  
  

Gene name	fadR
Synonyms	ysiA
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor
Function	regulation of fatty acid degradation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: fadR
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Fatty acid degradation
MW, pI	21 kDa, 6.118
Gene length, protein length	582 bp, 194 aa
Immediate neighbours	fadB, lcfA
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

utilization of lipids, transcription factors and their control

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, FadR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28550

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:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: long chain fatty acids act as inducers that release FadR from its operator sites

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94548

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • lcfA-fadR-fadB-etfB-etfA PubMed
  • fadR-fadB-etfB-etfA PubMed

• Expression browser: fadR PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • lcfA: SigA PubMed
  • fadR: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by long-chain fatty acids (FadR) PubMed
  • subject to carbon catabolite repression (CcpA-HPr(Ser-P) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • FadR: transcription repression PubMed
  • CcpA-HPr(Ser-P): transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1A853 ( fadR::cat), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original publications

Additional publications: PubMed