GutR

• Description: transcription activator of the gutB-gutP operon
  
  

Gene name	gutR
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	transcription activator
Function	regulation of glucitol utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	94 kDa, 6.113
Gene length, protein length	2487 bp, 829 aa
Immediate neighbours	ydjC, gutB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources, transcription factors and their control

The GutR regulon:

• gutB-gutP

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU06140

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Modification:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39143

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gutR PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Shouji Watanabe, Miyuki Hamano, Hiroshi Kakeshita, Keigo Bunai, Shigeo Tojo, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Yasutaro Fujita, Sui-Lam Wong, Kunio Yamane
Mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase (MtlD) is required for mannitol and glucitol assimilation in Bacillus subtilis: possible cooperation of mtl and gut operons.
J Bacteriol: 2003, 185(16);4816-24
[PubMed:12897001] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K K Poon, J C Chu, S L Wong
Roles of glucitol in the GutR-mediated transcription activation process in Bacillus subtilis: glucitol induces GutR to change its conformation and to bind ATP.
J Biol Chem: 2001, 276(32);29819-25
[PubMed:11390381] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K K Poon, C L Chen, S L Wong
Roles of glucitol in the GutR-mediated transcription activation process in Bacillus subtilis: tight binding of GutR to tis binding site.
J Biol Chem: 2001, 276(13);9620-5
[PubMed:11118449] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R Ye, S N Rehemtulla, S L Wong
Glucitol induction in Bacillus subtilis is mediated by a regulatory factor, GutR.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(11);3321-7
[PubMed:8195087] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R Ye, S L Wong
Transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis glucitol dehydrogenase gene.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(11);3314-20
[PubMed:8195086] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)