InterPro domain: IPR000522

General Information

  • Identifier IPR000522
  • Description ABC transporter, permease protein, BtuC-like
  • Number of genes 4
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  • Associated GO terms GO:0022857   GO:0016020  

Abstract

This entry represents a family of ABC transporter permease proteins. It includes the vitamin B12 import system permease protein BtuC, and the Fe(3+) dicitrate transport system permease proteins FecC and FecD, among many others.

BtuC is a component of the ABC transporter complex BtuCD, which facilitates uptake of vitamin B12 into the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli [ 1 ].

FecC and FecD are components of of the fec operon, a Periplasmic-Binding-Protein (PBP)-dependent transport system for ferric dicitrate in Escherichia coli [ 2 ]. FecC and FecD exhibit homology to each other and are localized in the cytoplasmic membrane.


1. In vitro functional characterization of BtuCD-F, the Escherichia coli ABC transporter for vitamin B12 uptake. Biochemistry 44, 16301-9
2. Nucleotide sequences of the fecBCDE genes and locations of the proteins suggest a periplasmic-binding-protein-dependent transport mechanism for iron(III) dicitrate in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 171, 2626-33

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