YhfU
- Description: high capacity biotin transporter
| Gene name | yhfU |
| Synonyms | bioY |
| Essential | no |
| Product | high capacity biotin transporter |
| Function | uptake of biotin |
| Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yhfU | |
| MW, pI | 19 kDa, 10.681 |
| Gene length, protein length | 558 bp, 186 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | yhfT, hemAT |
| Sequences | Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks |
Genetic context 
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Expression at a glance PubMed
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
transporters/ other, biosynthesis of cofactors, membrane proteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU10370
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: uptake of biotin PubMed
- Protein family: bioY family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization:
- membrane associated PubMed
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: O07620
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon:
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Steven Lin, John E Cronan
Closing in on complete pathways of biotin biosynthesis.
Mol Biosyst: 2011, 7(6);1811-21
[PubMed:21437340]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Thomas Eitinger, Dmitry A Rodionov, Mathias Grote, Erwin Schneider
Canonical and ECF-type ATP-binding cassette importers in prokaryotes: diversity in modular organization and cellular functions.
FEMS Microbiol Rev: 2011, 35(1);3-67
[PubMed:20497229]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Original publications
Hannes Hahne, Susanne Wolff, Michael Hecker, Dörte Becher
From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches.
Proteomics: 2008, 8(19);4123-36
[PubMed:18763711]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Peter Hebbeln, Dmitry A Rodionov, Anja Alfandega, Thomas Eitinger
Biotin uptake in prokaryotes by solute transporters with an optional ATP-binding cassette-containing module.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2007, 104(8);2909-14
[PubMed:17301237]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
