Abn2

• Description: endo-1,5-alpha-L-arabinosidase
  
  

Gene name	abn2
Synonyms	yxiA
Essential	no
Product	endo-1,5-alpha-L-arabinosidase
Function	arabinan degradation
MW, pI	52 kDa, 7.371
Gene length, protein length	1407 bp, 469 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxiB, hutP
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Caution: The sequence for this gene in SubtiList contains errors
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information: With linear-alpha-1,5-l-arabinan as the preferred substrate, the enzyme exhibited an apparent K(m) of 2.0 mg ml(-1) and V(max) of 0.25 mmol min(-1) mg(-1) at pH 7.0 and 50°C. PubMed

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• Localization: extracellular PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry:

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.99

Expression and regulation

• Operon: abn2 PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA, SigH PubMed

• Regulation: expression is stimulated by arabinose and pectin and repressed by glucose PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: unknown PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Isabel de Sa-Nogueira, Lisboa, Portugal homepage

References

1. Inácio JM, and de Sá-Nogueira I(2008) Characterization of abn2 (yxiA), encoding a Bacillus subtilis GH43 arabinanase, Abn2, and its role in arabino-polysaccharide degradation.J. Bacteriol. 190: 4272-4280. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed