SacX

• Description: trigger enzyme: sucrose-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIBC component (low affinity)
  
  

Gene name	sacX
Synonyms	ipa-14r, sacS
Essential	no
Product	trigger enzyme: sucrose-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIBC component (low affinity)
Function	sucrose uptake and phosphorylation, control of SacY activity
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	48 kDa, 9.346
Gene length, protein length	1377 bp, 459 aa
Immediate neighbours	epr, sacY
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38410

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein EIIB N(pi)-phospho-L-histidine/cysteine + sugar = protein EIIB + sugar phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: PTS permease, sucrose permease (Scr) family PubMed

• 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: P15400

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.69

Expression and regulation

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: induction by sucrose (at high concentration)

• Regulatory mechanism: induction by SacY-dependent RNA switch (transcriptional antitermination)

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Reizer et al. (1999) Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 145: 3419-3429 PubMed
2. Crutz AM, Steinmetz M, Aymerich S, Richter R, Le Coq D (1990) Induction of levansucrase in Bacillus subtilis: an antitermination mechanism negatively controlled by the phosphotransferase system. J Bacteriol 172:1043-1050. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed