CitM

• Description: Mg²⁺-citrate transporter
  
  

Gene name	citM
Synonyms	yflO
Essential	no
Product	Mg2+-citrate transporter
Function	uptake of citrate and magnesium
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: citM
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: citM
MW, pI	45 kDa, 6.227
Gene length, protein length	1299 bp, 433 aa
Immediate neighbours	yflP, yflN
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, metal ion homeostasis (K, Na, Ca, Mg), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, CitT regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU07610

Phenotypes of a mutant

• • no growth with citrate as sole carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

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

• Paralogous protein(s): CitH

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactors:

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P55069

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: citM-yflN PubMed

• Expression browser: citM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by citrate (CitT) PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CitT: transcription activation PubMed
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: