LutP

• Description: lactate permease
  
  

Gene name	lutP
Synonyms	yvfH
Essential	no
Product	lactate permease
Function	lactate uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: lutP
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: lutP
MW, pI	59 kDa, 9.476
Gene length, protein length	1689 bp, 563 aa
Immediate neighbours	lutR, sigL
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed 500px

Categories containing this gene/protein

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

This gene is a member of the following regulons

ComA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU34190

Phenotypes of a mutant

poor growth with lactate as single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: lactate uptake PubMed

• Protein family: lactate permease family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): LctP

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P71067

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: lutP PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expressed at high cell density (ComA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • ComA: transcription activation (ComA) PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Richard Losick, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, USA homepage

References

Yunrong Chai, Roberto Kolter, Richard Losick
A widely conserved gene cluster required for lactate utilization in Bacillus subtilis and its involvement in biofilm formation.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(8);2423-30
[PubMed:19201793] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hannes Hahne, Susanne Wolff, Michael Hecker, Dörte Becher
From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches.
Proteomics: 2008, 8(19);4123-36
[PubMed:18763711] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Natalia Comella, Alan D Grossman
Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(4);1159-74
[PubMed:16091051] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)