RbsR

• Description: transcriptional repressor of the ribose operon
  
  

Gene name	rbsR
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor (LacI family)
Function	regulation of ribose utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rbsR
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RbsR
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	35 kDa, 5.577
Gene length, protein length	978 bp, 326 aa
Immediate neighbours	capB, rbsK
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

utilization of specific carbon sources, transcription factors and their control

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AbrB regulon, CcpA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35910

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: LacI family

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • PtsH-RbsR PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P36944

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

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

• Expression browser: rbsR PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (10-fold) (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:

References

Bogumiła C Marciniak, Monika Pabijaniak, Anne de Jong, Robert Dűhring, Gerald Seidel, Wolfgang Hillen, Oscar P Kuipers
High- and low-affinity cre boxes for CcpA binding in Bacillus subtilis revealed by genome-wide analysis.
BMC Genomics: 2012, 13;401
[PubMed:22900538] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Le Thi Tam, Christine Eymann, Dirk Albrecht, Rabea Sietmann, Frieder Schauer, Michael Hecker, Haike Antelmann
Differential gene expression in response to phenol and catechol reveals different metabolic activities for the degradation of aromatic compounds in Bacillus subtilis.
Environ Microbiol: 2006, 8(8);1408-27
[PubMed:16872404] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Wolfgang Müller, Nicola Horstmann, Wolfgang Hillen, Heinrich Sticht
The transcription regulator RbsR represents a novel interaction partner of the phosphoprotein HPr-Ser46-P in Bacillus subtilis.
FEBS J: 2006, 273(6);1251-61
[PubMed:16519689] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hans-Matti Blencke, Georg Homuth, Holger Ludwig, Ulrike Mäder, Michael Hecker, Jörg Stülke
Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways.
Metab Eng: 2003, 5(2);133-49
[PubMed:12850135] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Strauch
AbrB modulates expression and catabolite repression of a Bacillus subtilis ribose transport operon.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(23);6727-31
[PubMed:7592460] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K Woodson, K M Devine
Analysis of a ribose transport operon from Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 8);1829-38
[PubMed:7921236] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M O'Reilly, K Woodson, B C Dowds, K M Devine
The citrulline biosynthetic operon, argC-F, and a ribose transport operon, rbs, from Bacillus subtilis are negatively regulated by Spo0A.
Mol Microbiol: 1994, 11(1);87-98
[PubMed:7511775] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)