BraB

• Description: branched-chain amino acid transporter
  
  

Gene name	braB
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	branched-chain amino acid transporter
Function	uptake of branched-chain amino acids
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Lipid synthesis, Ile, Leu, Val
MW, pI	46 kDa, 9.65
Gene length, protein length	1335 bp, 445 aa
Immediate neighbours	nifZ, ezrA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU29600

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, utilization of amino acids, membrane proteins

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: branched chain amino acid transporter family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): BrnQ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O34545

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: braB PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: