GlnK

• Description: two-component sensor kinase, regulation of the glsA-glnT operon
  
  

Gene name	glnK
Synonyms	ycbA, yzgA
Essential	no
Product	two-component sensor kinase
Function	regulation of the glsA-glnT operon
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Ammonium/ glutamate
MW, pI	43 kDa, 5.731
Gene length, protein length	1161 bp, 387 aa
Immediate neighbours	glsA, glnL
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU02440

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: aTP + protein L-histidine = ADP + protein N-phospho-L-histidine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

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• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P40758

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Takenori Satomura, Daisuke Shimura, Kei Asai, Yoshito Sadaie, Kazutake Hirooka, Yasutaro Fujita
Enhancement of glutamine utilization in Bacillus subtilis through the GlnK-GlnL two-component regulatory system.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(14);4813-21
[PubMed:15995196] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C Fabret, V A Feher, J A Hoch
Two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis: how one organism sees its world.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(7);1975-83
[PubMed:10094672] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)