YciB

• Description: zinc transporter
  
  

Gene name	yciB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	zinc transporter
Function	zinc uptake
MW, pI	21 kDa, 6.18
Gene length, protein length	582 bp, 194 aa
Immediate neighbours	yciA, yciC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, trace metal homeostasis (Cu, Zn, Ni, Mn, Mo), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Zur regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03350

Expression

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:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: lipoprotein, cell membrane at the cell poles PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: C0SP99

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yciA-yciB-yciC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by zinc starvation (Zur) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Zur: transcription repression in the presence of zinc PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: