CcpC

• Description: transcriptional repressor of citZ and citB
  
  

Gene name	ccpC
Synonyms	ykuM
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional repressor
Function	regulation of tricarboxylic acid branch of the TCA cycle
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	33 kDa, 5.932
Gene length, protein length	879 bp, 293 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykuL, ykuN
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU14140

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes controlled by CcpC

citB, citZ-icd-mdh

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of glucose and glutamate (CcpC) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpC: transcription repression (molecular inducer: citrate) PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Linc Sonenshein, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA Homepage

References

1. Jourlin-Castelli C, Mani N, Nakano MM, Sonenshein AL (2000) CcpC, a novel regulator of the LysR family required for glucose repression of the citB gene in Bacillus subtilis. J Mol Biol 295:865-878. PubMed
2. Kim, H. J., S. I. Kim, M. Ratnayake-Lecamwasam, K. Tachikawa, A. L. Sonenshein, and M. Strauch. (2003) Complex regulation of the Bacillus subtilis aconitase gene. J. Bacteriol. 185:1672-1680. PubMed
3. Kim HJ, Jourlin-Castelli C, Kim SI, Sonenshein AL (2002a) Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis ccpC gene by CcpA and CcpC. Mol Microbiol 43:399-410. PubMed
4. Kim SI, Jourlin-Castelli C, Wellington SR, Sonenshein AL (2003) Mechanism of repression by Bacillus subtilis CcpC, a LysR family regulator. J Mol Biol 334:609-624. PubMed
5. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed