OpuCA

• Description: glycine betaine/carnitine/choline ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein)
  
  

Gene name	opuCA
Synonyms	yvbE
Essential	no
Product	glycine betaine/carnitine/choline ABC transporter (ATP-binding protein)
Function	compatible solute transport
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: opuCA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: OpuCA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: opuCA
MW, pI	43 kDa, 6.554
Gene length, protein length	1140 bp, 380 aa
Immediate neighbours	opuCB, yvbF
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, coping with hyper-osmotic stress, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

OpcR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU33830

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU33830

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ABC transporter family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): OpuBA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • OpuCA-(OpuCB-OpuCD)-OpuCC PubMed

• Localization: associated to the membrane (via OpuCB-OpuCD) PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU33830

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34992

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: opuCA-opuCB-opuCC-opuCD PubMed

• Expression browser: opuCA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by salt stress PubMed
  • repressed by choline (OpcR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • OpcR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 680 PubMed
  • number of protein molecules per cell (complex medium with amino acids, without glucose): 496 PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: