AraM

• Description: glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase, L-arabinose operon
  
  

Gene name	araM
Synonyms	yseB
Essential	no
Product	glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase
Function	biosynthesis of phosphoglycerolipids
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: araM
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: araM
MW, pI	42 kDa, 5.628
Gene length, protein length	1182 bp, 394 aa
Immediate neighbours	araN, araL
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

poorly characterized/ putative enzymes, membrane proteins, sporulation proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

AraR regulon, CcpA regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28760

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: sn-glycerol-1-phosphate + NAD(P)⁺ = glycerone phosphate + NAD(P)H (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase 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: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P94527

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.261

Expression and regulation

• Operon: araA-araB-araD-araL-araM-araN-araP-araQ-abfA PubMed

• Expression browser: araM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed
  • induced by arabinose (AraR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed
  • AraR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: