AlbC

• Description: ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein), export of antilisterial bacteriocin (subtilosin)
  
  

Gene name	albC
Synonyms	ywhQ
Essential	no
Product	ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein)
Function	export of antilisterial bacteriocin (subtilosin)
MW, pI	27 kDa, 5.254
Gene length, protein length	717 bp, 239 aa
Immediate neighbours	albB, albD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU37390

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds, membrane proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ABC transporter family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: AlbC-AlbD PubMed

• Localization: membrane associated (via AlbD) PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P71009

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sboA-sboX-albA-albB-albC-albD-albE-albF-albG PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by Rok PubMed
  • expressed under anaerobic conditions (ResD) PubMed
  • repressed during logrithmic growth (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • ResD: transcription activation PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Mark A Strauch, Benjamin G Bobay, John Cavanagh, Fude Yao, Angelo Wilson, Yoann Le Breton
Abh and AbrB control of Bacillus subtilis antimicrobial gene expression.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(21);7720-32
[PubMed:17720793] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mark Albano, Wiep Klaas Smits, Linh T Y Ho, Barbara Kraigher, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Oscar P Kuipers, David Dubnau
The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2010-9
[PubMed:15743949] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M M Nakano, G Zheng, P Zuber
Dual control of sbo-alb operon expression by the Spo0 and ResDE systems of signal transduction under anaerobic conditions in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(11);3274-7
[PubMed:10809710] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Zheng, R Hehn, P Zuber
Mutational analysis of the sbo-alb locus of Bacillus subtilis: identification of genes required for subtilosin production and immunity.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(11);3266-73
[PubMed:10809709] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Zheng, L Z Yan, J C Vederas, P Zuber
Genes of the sbo-alb locus of Bacillus subtilis are required for production of the antilisterial bacteriocin subtilosin.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(23);7346-55
[PubMed:10572140] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)