CimH

• Description: transporter for citrate (proton symport)
  
  

Gene name	cimH
Synonyms	yxkJ
Essential	no
Product	transporter for citrate (proton symport)
Function	citrate uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cimH
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	48 kDa, 6.554
Gene length, protein length	1350 bp, 450 aa
Immediate neighbours	cydA, yxkI
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

transporters/ other, utilization of specific carbon sources, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38770

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: uptake of citrate (symport with protons) PubMed

• Protein family: sodium:citrate (SCF) symporter family (according to Swiss-Prot) 2-hydroxycarboxylate transporter family

• Paralogous protein(s): MaeN

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94363

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cimH PubMed

• Expression browser: cimH PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the mRNA is substantially stabilized upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: