Identification
Name:Glycerol-3-phosphate transporter
Synonyms:
  • G-3-P transporter
  • G-3-P permease
Gene Name:glpT
Enzyme Class:Not Available
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in glycerol-3-phosphate transmembrane transporter activity
Specific Function:Responsible for glycerol-3-phosphate uptake
Cellular Location:Cell inner membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein
SMPDB Pathways:
  • glycerol metabolism PW000914
  • glycerol metabolism II PW000915
  • glycerol metabolism III (sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine) PW000916
  • glycerol metabolism IV (glycerophosphoglycerol) PW000917
  • glycerol metabolism V (glycerophosphoserine) PW000918
  • inner membrane transport PW000786
KEGG Pathways:Not Available
Transports:
Transport References:
  • Orth, J. D., Conrad, T. M., Na, J., Lerman, J. A., Nam, H., Feist, A. M., Palsson, B. O. (2011). "A comprehensive genome-scale reconstruction of Escherichia coli metabolism--2011." Mol Syst Biol 7:535. Pubmed: 21988831
  • Uniprot Consortium (2012). "Reorganizing the protein space at the Universal Protein Resource (UniProt)." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D71-D75. Pubmed: 22102590
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB00126Glycerol 3-phosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB01429PhosphateMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
cell part
integral to membrane
intrinsic to membrane
membrane part
Function
alcohol transmembrane transporter activity
glycerol transmembrane transporter activity
glycerol-3-phosphate transmembrane transporter activity
polyol transmembrane transporter activity
substrate-specific transmembrane transporter activity
transmembrane transporter activity
transporter activity
Process
carbohydrate transport
establishment of localization
glycerol transport
glycerol-3-phosphate transport
transmembrane transport
transport
Gene Properties
Blattner:b2240
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:50.63
Left Sequence End2349038
Right Sequence End2350396
Gene Sequence:
>1359 bp
ATGATTAGCGTAACCCTTAGCCAACTTACCGACATTCTCAACGGTGAACTGCAAGGTGCA
GATATCACCCTTGATGCTGTAACCACTGATACCCGAAAACTGACGCCGGGCTGCCTGTTT
GTTGCCCTGAAAGGCGAACGTTTTGATGCCCACGATTTTGCCGACCAGGCGAAAGCTGGC
GGCGCAGGCGCACTACTGGTTAGCCGTCCGCTGGACATCGACCTGCCGCAGTTAATCGTC
AAGGATACGCGTCTGGCGTTTGGTGAACTGGCTGCATGGGTTCGCCAGCAAGTTCCGGCG
CGCGTGGTTGCTCTGACGGGGTCCTCCGGCAAAACCTCCGTTAAAGAGATGACGGCGGCG
ATTTTAAGCCAGTGCGGCAACACGCTTTATACGGCAGGCAATCTCAACAACGACATCGGT
GTACCGATGACGCTGTTGCGCTTAACGCCGGAATACGATTACGCAGTTATTGAACTTGGC
GCGAACCATCAGGGCGAAATAGCCTGGACTGTGAGTCTGACTCGCCCGGAAGCTGCGCTG
GTCAACAACCTGGCAGCGGCGCATCTGGAAGGTTTTGGCTCGCTTGCGGGTGTCGCGAAA
GCGAAAGGTGAAATCTTTAGCGGCCTGCCGGAAAACGGTATCGCCATTATGAACGCCGAC
AACAACGACTGGCTGAACTGGCAGAGCGTAATTGGCTCACGCAAAGTGTGGCGTTTCTCA
CCCAATGCCGCCAACAGCGATTTCACCGCCACCAATATCCATGTGACCTCGCACGGTACG
GAATTTACCCTACAAACCCCAACCGGTAGCGTCGATGTTCTGCTGCCGTTGCCGGGGCGT
CACAATATTGCGAATGCGCTGGCAGCCGCTGCGCTCTCCATGTCCGTGGGCGCAACGCTT
GATGCTATCAAAGCGGGGCTGGCAAATCTGAAAGCTGTTCCAGGCCGTCTGTTCCCCATC
CAACTGGCAGAAAACCAGTTGCTGCTCGACGACTCCTACAACGCCAATGTCGGTTCAATG
ACTGCAGCAGTCCAGGTACTGGCTGAAATGCCGGGCTACCGCGTGCTGGTGGTGGGCGAT
ATGGCGGAACTGGGCGCTGAAAGCGAAGCCTGCCATGTACAGGTGGGCGAGGCGGCAAAA
GCTGCTGGTATTGACCGCGTGTTAAGCGTGGGTAAACAAAGCCATGCTATCAGCACCGCC
AGCGGCGTTGGCGAACATTTTGCTGATAAAACTGCGTTAATTACGCGTCTTAAATTACTG
ATTGCTGAGCAACAGGTAATTACGATTTTAGTTAAGGGTTCACGTAGTGCCGCCATGGAA
GAGGTAGTACGCGCTTTACAGGAGAATGGGACATGTTAG
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:452
Protein Molecular Weight:50310
Protein Theoretical pI:9
PDB File:1PW4
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • 37-57
  • 64-84
  • 94-112
  • 121-141
  • 161-180
  • 190-207
  • 262-282
  • 288-308
  • 322-341
  • 347-368
  • 388-409
  • 415-435
Protein Sequence:
>Glycerol-3-phosphate transporter
MLSIFKPAPHKARLPAAEIDPTYRRLRWQIFLGIFFGYAAYYLVRKNFALAMPYLVEQGF
SRGDLGFALSGISIAYGFSKFIMGSVSDRSNPRVFLPAGLILAAAVMLFMGFVPWATSSI
AVMFVLLFLCGWFQGMGWPPCGRTMVHWWSQKERGGIVSVWNCAHNVGGGIPPLLFLLGM
AWFNDWHAALYMPAFCAILVALFAFAMMRDTPQSCGLPPIEEYKNDYPDDYNEKAEQELT
AKQIFMQYVLPNKLLWYIAIANVFVYLLRYGILDWSPTYLKEVKHFALDKSSWAYFLYEY
AGIPGTLLCGWMSDKVFRGNRGATGVFFMTLVTIATIVYWMNPAGNPTVDMICMIVIGFL
IYGPVMLIGLHALELAPKKAAGTAAGFTGLFGYLGGSVAASAIVGYTVDFFGWDGGFMVM
IGGSILAVILLIVVMIGEKRRHEQLLQERNGG
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P08194
Uniprot Name:GLPT_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674322
PDB ID:1PW4
Ecogene ID:EG10401
Ecocyc:EG10401
ColiBase:b2240
Kegg Gene:b2240
EchoBASE ID:EB0396
CCDB:GLPT_ECOLI
BacMap:16130175
General Reference:
  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Daley, D. O., Rapp, M., Granseth, E., Melen, K., Drew, D., von Heijne, G. (2005). "Global topology analysis of the Escherichia coli inner membrane proteome." Science 308:1321-1323. Pubmed: 15919996
  • Eiglmeier, K., Boos, W., Cole, S. T. (1987). "Nucleotide sequence and transcriptional startpoint of the glpT gene of Escherichia coli: extensive sequence homology of the glycerol-3-phosphate transport protein with components of the hexose-6-phosphate transport system." Mol Microbiol 1:251-258. Pubmed: 3329281
  • Gott, P., Boos, W. (1988). "The transmembrane topology of the sn-glycerol-3-phosphate permease of Escherichia coli analysed by phoA and lacZ protein fusions." Mol Microbiol 2:655-663. Pubmed: 3141744
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Huang, Y., Lemieux, M. J., Song, J., Auer, M., Wang, D. N. (2003). "Structure and mechanism of the glycerol-3-phosphate transporter from Escherichia coli." Science 301:616-620. Pubmed: 12893936
  • Yamamoto, Y., Aiba, H., Baba, T., Hayashi, K., Inada, T., Isono, K., Itoh, T., Kimura, S., Kitagawa, M., Makino, K., Miki, T., Mitsuhashi, N., Mizobuchi, K., Mori, H., Nakade, S., Nakamura, Y., Nashimoto, H., Oshima, T., Oyama, S., Saito, N., Sampei, G., Satoh, Y., Sivasundaram, S., Tagami, H., Horiuchi, T., et, a. l. .. (1997). "Construction of a contiguous 874-kb sequence of the Escherichia coli -K12 genome corresponding to 50.0-68.8 min on the linkage map and analysis of its sequence features." DNA Res 4:91-113. Pubmed: 9205837