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• Description: alpha-L-arabinofuranosidase
  
  

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Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28720

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolysis of terminal non-reducing alpha-L-arabinofuranoside residues in alpha-L-arabinosides (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 51 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

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: 1QW8 (complex with Ara-alpha-Xyl, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1PZ3 (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)

• Swiss prot entry: P94531

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.55

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

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

José Manuel Inácio, Carla Costa, Isabel de Sá-Nogueira
Distinct molecular mechanisms involved in carbon catabolite repression of the arabinose regulon in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2003, 149(Pt 9);2345-2355
[PubMed:12949161] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Isabel Sa-Nogueira, Teresa V Nogueira, Snia Soares, Hermnia de Lencastre
The Bacillus subtilis L-arabinose (ara) operon: nucleotide sequence, genetic organization and expression.
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 3);957-969
[PubMed:9084180] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)