4.A.3.2.10
Oligo β-(gluco)mannoside (derived from (gluco)mannan))-specific PTS transporter, GmuABC (YdhNMO). The glucomannan utilization operon (gmuBACDREFG, formerly ydhMNOPQRST) of Bacillus subtilis has been characterized (Sadaie et al. 2008). Transcription of the operon is induced by konjac glucomannan and requires the last mannanase gene (gmuG). Cellobiose and mannobiose, possible degradation products of glucomannan by GmuG, are strong inducers of transcription. An internal regulatory gene (gmuR) encodes a repressor of the operon, as disruption of this gene enhances transcription of the operon in the absence of inducers. The expression of the glucomannan utilizing operon is thus induced by degraded glucomannan products, and repressed by an internal repressor (Sadaie et al. 2008).