GlcT

• Description: Transcriptional antiterminator, controls expression of the ptsGHI operon
  
  

Gene name	glcT
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional antiterminator of the ptsGHI operon
Function	transcriptional antiterminator
MW, pI	xx,x kDa, y.yy
Gene length, protein length	aaa bp, bbb amino acids
Immediate neighbours	genA, genB
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

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The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: transcriptional antiterminator, RNA-binding protein, binds the ptsG RAT sequence

• Protein family: antiterminator of the BglG/ SacY family

• Paralogous protein(s): LicT, SacT, SacY

Extended information on the protein

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Expression and regulation

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References

1. Stülke J, Martin-Verstraete I, Zagorec M (1997) Induction of the Bacillus subtilis ptsGHI operon by glucose is controlled by a novel antiterminator, GlcT Mol Microbiol. 25: 65-78. PubMed
2. Bachem S, Stülke J. (1998) Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis GlcT antiterminator protein by components of the phosphotransferase system. J Bacteriol. 180: 5319-26 PubMed
3. Greenberg, D. B., Stülke, J. & Saier Jr., M. H. (2002) Domain analysis of transcriptional regulators bearing PTS-regulatory domains. Res. Microbiol. 153: 519-526. PubMed
4. Langbein, I., Bachem, S. & Stülke, J. (1999) Specific interaction of the RNA binding domain of the Bacillus subtilis transcriptional antiterminator GlcT with its RNA target, RAT. J. Mol. Biol. 293: 795-805. PubMed
5. Schilling, O., Herzberg, C., Hertrich, T., Vörsmann, H., Jessen, D., Hübner, S., Titgemeyer, F. & Stülke, J. (2006) Keeping signals straight in transcription regulation: specificity determinants for the interaction of a family of conserved bacterial RNA-protein couples. Nucl. Acids Res. 34: 6102-6115. PubMed
6. Schilling, O., Langbein, I., Müller, M., Schmalisch, M. & Stülke, J. (2004) A protein-dependent riboswitch controlling ptsGHI operon expression in Bacillus subtilis: RNA structure rather than sequence provides interaction specificity. Nucl. Acids Res. 32: 2853-2864. PubMed
7. Schmalisch, M., Bachem, S. & Stülke, J. (2003) Control of the Bacillus subtilis antiterminator protein GlcT by phosphorylation: Elucidation of the phosphorylation chain leading to inactivation of GlcT. J. Biol. Chem. 278: 51108-51115. PubMed
8. Stülke, J., Arnaud, M., Rapoport, G., & Martin-Verstraete, I. (1998) PRD - A protein domain involved in PTS-dependent induction and carbon catabolite repression of catabolic operons in bacteria. Mol. Microbiol. 28: 865-874. PubMed