GlnT

• Description: glutamine transporter (proton symport)
  
  

Gene name	glnT
Synonyms	ybgH
Essential	no
Product	glutamine transporter (proton symport)
Function	glutamine uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: glnT
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ammonium/ glutamate, Ala, Gly, Ser
MW, pI	49 kDa, 10.132
Gene length, protein length	1389 bp, 463 aa
Immediate neighbours	ybgG, glsA
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, biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, glutamate metabolism, utilization of amino acids, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

GlnL regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02420

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: sodium:alanine (SAF) symporter 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31464

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: glsA-glnT PubMed

• Expression browser: glnT PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced in the presence of glutamine (GlnL) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GlnL: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Takenori Satomura, Daisuke Shimura, Kei Asai, Yoshito Sadaie, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Enhancement of glutamine utilization in Bacillus subtilis through the GlnK-GlnL two-component regulatory system.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(14);4813-21
[PubMed:15995196] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)