AcoR

• Description: transcriptional activator of the malA-glvR-malP operon
  
  

Gene name	acoR
Synonyms	yfjG, yzcB
Essential	no
Product	transcriptional activator (for SigL-dependent promoter)
Function	regulation of acetoin utilization
MW, pI	66 kDa, 7.884
Gene length, protein length	1815 bp, 605 aa
Immediate neighbours	acoL, sspH
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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• Swiss prot entry: O31551

• KEGG entry: [3]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (3.7-fold) (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

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Biological materials

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• lacZ fusion:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Michel Debarbouille, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Homepage

References

1. Blencke et al. (2003) Transcriptional profiling of gene expression in response to glucose in Bacillus subtilis: regulation of the central metabolic pathways. Metab Eng. 5: 133-149 PubMed
2. Ali, N. O., Bignon, J., Rapoport, G., and Débarbouillé, M. (2001) Regulation of the acetoin catabolic pathway is controlled by sigma L in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 183, 2497-2504. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed