RbsK

• Description: ribokinase
  
  

Gene name	rbsK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ribokinase
Function	ribose utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	30 kDa, 4.61
Gene length, protein length	879 bp, 293 aa
Immediate neighbours	rbsR, rbsD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35920

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-ribose = ADP + D-ribose 5-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: carbohydrate kinase pfkB 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: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P36945

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.15

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rbsR-rbsK-rbsD-rbsA-rbsC-rbsB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed
  • expressed upon transition into the stationary phase (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: