Protein
Multiple sugar-binding periplasmic protein SbpA
Organism
Azospirillum brasilense
Function
Mediates chemotaxis towards D-galactose, L-arabinose and D-fucose but not towards D-fructose. Probably part of a binding-protein high affinity uptake system.
Similarity
Belongs to the bacterial solute-binding protein 2 family.
Sequence
MSSSFTTTLAGMAVGMLVLATGTNPTLAQDKPTVGIAMPTKSSARWIDDGNNMVKQFQAKGYKTDLQYAEDDIPNQLAQIETMVAKNSKVLVIAAIDGTTLTDVLQQAKDRGVKVIAYDRLIRGSENVDYYATFDNFQVGVLQGSYIVDALGLKDGKGPFNIELFGGSPDDNNAYFFYNGAMSVLQPYIDSGKLTVGSGQVGMDKVSTLRWDGATAQARMDNLLSAFYGNRRVDAVLSPYDGISIGIISSLKGVGYGSPSQPMPVVTGQDAEVPSIKSILAGEQRATVFKDTRELARITVEMVDAVLGGGTAVNDTKTYDNGKKVVPAYLLKPVSVDASNWKGTLVDSGYYTEAQFK