SunT

• Description: sublancin 168 lantibiotic ABC transporter
  
  

Gene name	sunT
Synonyms	yolH
Essential	no
Product	sublancin 168 lantibiotic ABC transporter
Function	sublancin export and processing
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: sunT
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Protein secretion
MW, pI	81 kDa, 8.386
Gene length, protein length	2115 bp, 705 aa
Immediate neighbours	bdbA, sunA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

ABC transporters, miscellaneous metabolic pathways, biosynthesis of antibacterial compounds, SP-beta prophage, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Abh regulon, AbrB regulon, Rok regulon, YvrHb regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU21470

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: has both a membrane-spanning and an ATP-binding domain PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P68579

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: sunT-bdbA-sunS-bdbB PubMed

• Expression browser: sunT PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed by Rok PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • activated by YvrHb PubMed
  • Rok: transcription repression PubMed
  • AbrB: transcription repressionPubMed
  • Abh: transcription activation PubMed

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

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

Susanne Gebhard
ABC transporters of antimicrobial peptides in Firmicutes bacteria - phylogeny, function and regulation.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 86(6);1295-317
[PubMed:23106164] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications

Additional publications: PubMed

Lehnik-Habrink M, Schaffer M, Mäder U, Diethmaier C, Herzberg C, Stülke J  
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y. 
Mol Microbiol. 2011 81(6): 1459-1473. 
PubMed:21815947

Masakuni Serizawa, Keisuke Kodama, Hiroki Yamamoto, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara, Junichi Sekiguchi
Functional analysis of the YvrGHb two-component system of Bacillus subtilis: identification of the regulated genes by DNA microarray and northern blot analyses.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2005, 69(11);2155-69
[PubMed:16306698] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mark Albano, Wiep Klaas Smits, Linh T Y Ho, Barbara Kraigher, Ines Mandic-Mulec, Oscar P Kuipers, David Dubnau
The Rok protein of Bacillus subtilis represses genes for cell surface and extracellular functions.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(6);2010-9
[PubMed:15743949] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ronald Dorenbos, Torsten Stein, Jorrit Kabel, Claude Bruand, Albert Bolhuis, Sierd Bron, Wim J Quax, Jan Maarten Van Dijl
Thiol-disulfide oxidoreductases are essential for the production of the lantibiotic sublancin 168.
J Biol Chem: 2002, 277(19);16682-8
[PubMed:11872755] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Quentin, G Fichant, F Denizot
Inventory, assembly and analysis of Bacillus subtilis ABC transport systems.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 287(3);467-84
[PubMed:10092453] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S H Paik, A Chakicherla, J N Hansen
Identification and characterization of the structural and transporter genes for, and the chemical and biological properties of, sublancin 168, a novel lantibiotic produced by Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Biol Chem: 1998, 273(36);23134-42
[PubMed:9722542] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)