OpuD

• Description: glycine betaine transporter
  
  

Gene name	opuD
Synonyms	ytfQ
Essential	no
Product	glycine betaine transporter
Function	compatible solute transport
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	55 kDa, 9.508
Gene length, protein length	1536 bp, 512 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytfP, yteV
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU30070

Database entries

• 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:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P54417

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Erhard Bremer, University of Marburg, Germany homepage

References

1. Kappes RM, Kempf B, Bremer E. (1996) Three transport systems for the osmoprotectant glycine betaine operate in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of OpuD. J Bacteriol. Sep;178(17): 5071-9. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed