IolT

• Description: major transporter for inositol
  
  

Gene name	iolT
Synonyms	ydjK
Essential	no
Product	major transporter for inositol
Function	myo-inositol uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: iolT
MW, pI	51 kDa, 9.569
Gene length, protein length	1419 bp, 473 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydjJ, bdhA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, utilization of specific carbon sources, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

IolR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU06230

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: transport of myo-inositol PubMed

• Protein family: View classification (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34718

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: iolT PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of inositol (IolR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • IolR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Tetsuro Morinaga, Takatsugu Matsuse, Hitoshi Ashida, Ken-ichi Yoshida
Differential substrate specificity of two inositol transporters of Bacillus subtilis.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2010, 74(6);1312-4
[PubMed:20530884] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Kaoru Omae, Mami Yamamoto, Yasutaro Fujita
Identification of two myo-inositol transporter genes of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(4);983-91
[PubMed:11807058] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)