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2.A.1.1.55
L-arabinose:proton symporter, AraE (Sa-Nogueira and Ramos, 1997). Also transports xylose, galactose and α-1,5 arabinobiose (Ferreira and Sá-Nogueira, 2010).

Accession Number:P96710
Protein Name:Arabinose-proton symporter aka araE
Length:464
Molecular Weight:50411.00
Species:Bacillus subtilis [1423]
Number of TMSs:12
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Cell membrane1 / Multi-pass membrane protein2
Substrate hydron, xylose, L-arabinopyranose, galactose

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RefSeq: NP_391276.1   
Entrez Gene ID: 938567   
Pfam: PF00083   
KEGG: bsu:BSU33960   

Gene Ontology

GO:0016021 C:integral to membrane
GO:0005886 C:plasma membrane
GO:0022891 F:substrate-specific transmembrane transporte...
GO:0015293 F:symporter activity
GO:0008643 P:carbohydrate transport
GO:0055085 P:transmembrane transport

References (4)

[1] “The complete genome sequence of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis.”  Kunst F.et.al.   9384377
[2] “Negative regulation of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus subtilis: characterization of the araR (araC) gene.”  Sa-Nogueira I.M.G.et.al.   9045819
[3] “Cloning, functional analysis, and transcriptional regulation of the Bacillus subtilis araE gene involved in L-arabinose utilization.”  Sa-Nogueira I.et.al.   9401028
[4] “Mode of action of AraR, the key regulator of L-arabinose metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.”  Mota L.J.et.al.   10417639

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MKNTPTQLEP NVPVTRSHSM GFVILISCAA GLGGLLYGYD TAVISGAIGF LKDLYSLSPF 
61:	MEGLVISSIM IGGVVGVGIS GFLSDRFGRR KILMTAALLF AISAIVSALS QDVSTLIIAR 
121:	IIGGLGIGMG SSLSVTYITE AAPPAIRGSL SSLYQLFTIL GISATYFINL AVQRSGTYEW 
181:	GVHTGWRWML AYGMVPSVIF FLVLLVVPES PRWLAKAGKT NEALKILTRI NGETVAKEEL 
241:	KNIENSLKIE QMGSLSQLFK PGLRKALVIG ILLALFNQVI GMNAITYYGP EIFKMMGFGQ 
301:	NAGFVTTCIV GVVEVIFTVI AVLLIDKVGR KKLMSIGSAF MAIFMILIGT SFYFELTSGI 
361:	MMIVLILGFV AAFCVSVGPI TWIMISEIFP NHLRARAAGI ATIFLWGANW AIGQFVPMMI 
421:	DSFGLAYTFW IFAVINILCF LFVVTICPET KNKSLEEIEK LWIK