LicB

• Description: trigger enzyme: lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIB component
  
  

Gene name	licB
Synonyms	celA
Essential	no
Product	trigger enzyme: lichenan-specific phosphotransferase system, EIIB component
Function	lichenan uptake and phosphorylation, control of LicR activity
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	10 kDa, 6.314
Gene length, protein length	306 bp, 102 aa
Immediate neighbours	licC, licR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU38590

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein EIIB N(pi)-phospho-L-histidine/cysteine + sugar = protein EIIB + sugar phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: PTS permease, lactose permease (Lac) family PubMed

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylation on Ser-37 PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: LicB-LicC, LicB-LicR

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P46318

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.69 9

Expression and regulation

• Operon: licB-licC-licA-licH PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA) , carbon catabolite repression, induction by oligomeric ß-glucosides PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression, catabolite repression: repression by CcpA, induction: transcription activation by the PRD-type regulator LicR PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Reizer et al. (1999) Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 145: 3419-3429 PubMed

1. Macek et al. (2007) The serine/ threonine/ tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 6: 697-707 PubMed
2. Tobisch, S., P. Glaser, S. Krüger, and M. Hecker. 1997. Identification and characterization of a new ß-glucoside utilization system in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 179:496-506. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed