Sandbox

• Description: transcriptional antiterminator of the glpT-glpQ and glpF-glpK-glpD operons
  
  

Gene name	glpP
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional antiterminator
Function	regulation of glycerol and glycerol-3-phosphate utilization
MW, pI	21 kDa, 8.104
Gene length, protein length	576 bp, 192 aa
Immediate neighbours	yhxA, glpF
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU09270

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:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P30300

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Josef Deutscher, Paris-Grignon, France

References

1. Glatz E, Nilsson RP, Rutberg L, Rutberg B (1996) A dual role of the Bacillus subtilis glpD leader and the GlpP protein in the regulated expression of glpD: antitermination and control of mRNA stability. Mol Microbiol 19:319-328. PubMed
2. Darbon E, Servant P, Poncet S, Deutscher J (2002) Antitermination by GlpP, catabolite repression via CcpA and inducer exclusion triggered by P~GlpK dephosphorylation control Bacillus subtilis glpFK expression. Mol Microbiol 43:1039-1052. PubMed
3. Beijer L, Nilsson RP, Holmberg C, Rutberg L: The glpP and glpF genes of the glycerol regulon in Bacillus subtilis. J Gen Microbiol 1993;139:349-359. PubMed
4. Glatz E, Farewell A, Rutberg B: The Bacillus subtilis glpD leader and antiterminator protein GlpP provide a target for glucose repression in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998;162:93-96. PubMed
5. Glatz E, Persson M, Rutberg B: Antiterminator protein GlpP of Bacillus subtilis binds to glpD leader mRNA. Microbiology 1998;144:449-456. PubMed
6. Holmberg C, Rutberg L.(1992) An inverted repeat preceding the Bacillus subtilis glpD gene is a conditional terminator of transcription. Mol Microbiol. Oct;6(20): 2931-8. PubMed
7. Holmberg C, Rutberg B. (1991) Expression of the gene encoding glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (glpD) in Bacillus subtilis is controlled by antitermination. Mol Microbiol. Dec;5(12): 2891-900. PubMed
8. Lindgren V, Rutberg L. (1976) Genetic control of the glp system in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol. Sep;127(3): 1047-57. PubMed
9. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed