AraA

• Description: L-arabinose isomerase
  
  

Gene name	araA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	L-arabinose isomerase
Function	arabinose utilization
MW, pI	56 kDa, 5.474
Gene length, protein length	1494 bp, 498 aa
Immediate neighbours	araB, abnA
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon: araA-araB-araD-araL-araM-araN-araP-araQ-abfA

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

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Biological materials

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References

1. Inácio JM, Costa C, de Sá-Nogueira I. (2003) Distinct molecular mechanisms involved in carbon catabolite repression of the arabinose regulon in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology. Sep;149(Pt 9): 2345-55. PubMed
2. Sa-Nogueira I.M.G., Nogueira T.V., Soares S., de Lencastre H. (1997) The Bacillus subtilis L-arabinose (ara) operon: nucleotide sequence, genetic organization and expression. Microbiology. Mar;143(Pt 3): 957-69. PubMed