RbsK

• Description: ribokinase
  
  

Gene name	rbsK
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	ribokinase
Function	ribose utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	30 kDa, 4.61
Gene length, protein length	879 bp, 293 aa
Immediate neighbours	rbsR, rbsD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35920

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + D-ribose = ADP + D-ribose 5-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: carbohydrate kinase pfkB family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P36945

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.15

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rbsR-rbsK-rbsD-rbsA-rbsC-rbsB

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation:
  • expressed upon transition into the stationary phase (AbrB) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • AbrB: transcription activation PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Le Thi Tam, Christine Eymann, Dirk Albrecht, Rabea Sietmann, Frieder Schauer, Michael Hecker, Haike Antelmann
Differential gene expression in response to phenol and catechol reveals different metabolic activities for the degradation of aromatic compounds in Bacillus subtilis.
Environ Microbiol: 2006, 8(8);1408-27
[PubMed:16872404] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Strauch
AbrB modulates expression and catabolite repression of a Bacillus subtilis ribose transport operon.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(23);6727-31
[PubMed:7592460] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

K Woodson, K M Devine
Analysis of a ribose transport operon from Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1994, 140 ( Pt 8);1829-38
[PubMed:7921236] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)