Difference between revisions of "MetC"

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* '''Operon:''' ''[[metI]]-[[metC]]''
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* '''Operon:''' ''[[metI]]-[[metC]]'' [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/11832514 PubMed]
  
* '''Sigma factor:''' [[SigA]]
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* '''Sigma factor:''' [[SigA]]  [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/11832514 PubMed]
  
* '''Regulation:''' repressed by casamino acids [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12107147 PubMed]   
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* '''Regulation:'''  
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**repressed by casamino acids [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12107147 PubMed]   
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** induced by methionine starvation ([[S-box]]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/10094622 PubMed]
  
* '''Regulatory mechanism:'''  
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* '''Regulatory mechanism:''' [[S-box]]: transcription termination/ antitermination, the [[S-box]] [[riboswitch]] binds S-adenosylmethionine resulting in termination [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/10094622 PubMed]
  
 
* '''Additional information:'''
 
* '''Additional information:'''

Revision as of 11:20, 7 June 2009

  • Description: cystathionine b-lyase

Gene name metC
Synonyms yjcJ
Essential no
Product cystathionine b-lyase
Function biosynthesis of methionine
MW, pI 42 kDa, 5.757
Gene length, protein length 1170 bp, 390 aa
Immediate neighbours metI, yjcK
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YjcJ context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU11880

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: L-cystathionine + H2O = L-homocysteine + NH3 + pyruvate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: trans-sulfuration enzymes family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism: S-box: transcription termination/ antitermination, the S-box riboswitch binds S-adenosylmethionine resulting in termination PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

  1. Mäder et al. (2002) Transcriptome and Proteome Analysis of Bacillus subtilis Gene Expression Modulated by Amino Acid Availability. J. Bacteriol 184: 1844288-4295 PubMed
  2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed