EfeU

• Description: elemental iron uptake system (permease)
  
  

Gene name	ywbL
Synonyms	ipa-27d
Essential	no
Product	elemental iron uptake system (permease)
Function	iron uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ywbL
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: YwbL
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	52 kDa, 8.958
Gene length, protein length	1443 bp, 481 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywbM, thiE
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, acquisition of iron, iron metabolism, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Fur regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38280

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:
  • (YwbL-YwbM)-YwbN PubMed

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39595

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:
  • ywbL-ywbM-ywbN PubMed

• Expression browser: ywbL PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced upon iron starvation (Fur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Fur: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: