An Encyclopedia of well-annotated DNA-binding TRanscription factors in Bacteria and Archaea.
| ENTRAF ID | ENTRAF0018 |
| Gene name | mtrB |
| Uniprot ID | MTRB_BACSU |
| Organism | Bacillus subtilis (strain 168) |
| Aminoacid sequence | MNQKHSSDFVVIKAVEDGVNVIGLTRGTDTKFHHSEKLDKGEVIIAQFTEHTSAIKVRGEALIQTAYGEMKSEKK |
| FASTA file | Download |
| Length | 75 |
| Function Uniprot | Required for transcription attenuation control in the trp operon. This trans-acting factor binds to trinucleotide repeats (GAG or UAG) located in the trp leader transcript causing transcription termination. Binds the leader RNA only in presence of L-tryptophan. |
| Role | Unknown |
| Protein family | TrpBP |
| Structure (PDB ID) | 1WAP |