RibU

• Description: riboflavin ECF transporter, S protein
  
  

Gene name	ribU
Synonyms	ypaA
Essential	no
Product	S protein of riboflavin ECF transporter
Function	riboflavin uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ribU
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RibU
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: ribU
MW, pI	20 kDa, 10.12
Gene length, protein length	570 bp, 190 aa
Immediate neighbours	fer, ypzE
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed 500px

Categories containing this gene/protein

ECF transporter, biosynthesis of cofactors, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

FMN-box

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23050

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU23050

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactors:

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • YbaF-RibU PubMed

• Localization: membrane

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU23050

• Structure: 3P5N (RibU from Staphylococcus aureus)

• UniProt: P50726

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ribU PubMed
  • there is a promoter directly in front of ribU PubMed

• Expression browser: ribU PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: expressed in the absence of FMN (FMN-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: FMN-box: riboswitch, controls access of the ribosome to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the mRNA is substantially stabilized upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: