YfjQ

• Description: minor magnesium transporter
  
  

Gene name	yfjQ
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	minor magnesium transporter
Function	magnesium uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: yfjQ
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: YfjQ
MW, pI	37 kDa, 5.419
Gene length, protein length	957 bp, 319 aa
Immediate neighbours	yfjR, yfjP
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

transporters/ other, metal ion homeostasis (K, Na, Ca, Mg), membrane proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU08000

Phenotypes of a mutant

• a mgtE yfjQ mutant does not grow on rich media, this can be suppressed by the addition of 25 mM Mg²⁺, moreover the mutant grows well on minimal medim in the presence of citrate PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU08000

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU08000

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31543
• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yfjQ

• Expression browser: yfjQ PubMed

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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References

Catherine A Wakeman, Jonathan R Goodson, Vineetha M Zacharia, Wade C Winkler
Assessment of the requirements for magnesium transporters in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2014, 196(6);1206-14
[PubMed:24415722] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)