RibR

• Description: cryptic riboflavin kinase, binds leader (RFN) rib operon mRNA, may have a regulatory role
  
  

Gene name	ribR
Synonyms	ytnK
Essential	no
Product	cryptic riboflavin kinase
Function	regulation of rib operon expression
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Riboflavin and FAD synthesis
MW, pI	26 kDa, 9.278
Gene length, protein length	690 bp, 230 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytnL, ytnJ
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29300

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:

• UniProt: P94465

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ytmI-tcyJ-tcyK-tcyL-tcyM-tcyN-ytmO-ytnI-ytnJ-ribR-ytnL-ytnM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of cysteine (CymR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CymR: transcription repression PubMed
  • YtlI: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: