GlpF
- Description: glycerol facilitator
| Gene name | glpF |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | no |
| Product | glycerol facilitator |
| Function | glycerol uptake |
| MW, pI | 28 kDa, 9.506 |
| Gene length, protein length | 822 bp, 274 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | glpP, glpK |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU09280
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- 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:
- Swiss prot entry: P18156
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation: repressed by glucose (8-fold) (CcpA) PubMed, carbon catabolite repression, induction by glycerol
- Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, catabolite repression: repression by CcpA, induction: GlpP-dependent RNA switch (transcriptional antitermination)
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
- Blencke et al. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab Eng. 5: 133-149 PubMed
- Beijer L, Nilsson RP, Holmberg C, Rutberg L: The glpP and glpF genes of the glycerol regulon in Bacillus subtilis. J Gen Microbiol 1993;139:349-359. PubMed
- Darbon E, Servant P, Poncet S, Deutscher J (2002) Antitermination by GlpP, catabolite repression via CcpA and inducer exclusion triggered by P~GlpK dephosphorylation control Bacillus subtilis glpFK expression. Mol Microbiol 43:1039-1052. PubMed
