GlcR

• Description: transcriptional repressor (DeoR family)
  
  

Gene name	glcR
Synonyms	ywpI
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor (DeoR family)
Function	unknown
MW, pI	28 kDa, 5.689
Gene length, protein length	774 bp, 258 aa
Immediate neighbours	ywpJ, ssbB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

transcription factors and their control

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComK regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU36300

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: DeoR family of transcription factors

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94591

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

Mutant forms of GlcR act as "super-repressors" of ptsG expression PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ssbB-glcR PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComK: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Cordula Lindner, Reindert Nijland, Mariska van Hartskamp, Sierd Bron, Leendert W Hamoen, Oscar P Kuipers
Differential expression of two paralogous genes of Bacillus subtilis encoding single-stranded DNA binding protein.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(4);1097-105
[PubMed:14762004] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mitsuo Ogura, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Yasutaro Fujita, Teruo Tanaka
Whole-genome analysis of genes regulated by the Bacillus subtilis competence transcription factor ComK.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(9);2344-51
[PubMed:11948146] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Stülke, I Martin-Verstraete, P Glaser, G Rapoport
Characterization of glucose-repression-resistant mutants of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the glcR gene.
Arch Microbiol: 2001, 175(6);441-9
[PubMed:11491085] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)