CorA

• Description: general stress protein, magnesium transporter
  
  

Gene name	corA
Synonyms	yqhC , yqxL
Essential	no
Product	magnesium transporter
Function	magnesium transport
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: metal ion homeostasis
MW, pI	37 kDa, 9.536
Gene length, protein length	951 bp, 317 aa
Immediate neighbours	comGA, yqhB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, metal ion homeostasis (K, Na, Ca, Mg), general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

LexA regulon, SigB regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU24740

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:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P40948

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: corA PubMed

• Expression browser: corA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigB PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed
  • induced upon DNA damage (LexA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • LexA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: