CysS

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  • Description: cysteine-tRNA synthetase

Gene name cysS
Synonyms snpA
Essential yes PubMed
Product cysteine-tRNA synthetase
Function translation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: cysS
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
tRNA charging, Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation
MW, pI 53 kDa, 5.07
Gene length, protein length 1398 bp, 466 aa
Immediate neighbours cysE, mrnC
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
CysS context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

T-box

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU00940

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-cysteine + tRNA(Cys) = AMP + diphosphate + L-cysteinyl-tRNA(Cys) (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: class-I aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification: phosphorylation on Ser-270 PubMed
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 1U0B (from Escherichia coli, 42% identity, 56% similarity) PubMed
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulatory mechanism: T-box, overlaps a transcription terminator upstream of cysE: transcription antitermination 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

Robyn T Eijlander, Tjakko Abee, Oscar P Kuipers
Bacterial spores in food: how phenotypic variability complicates prediction of spore properties and bacterial behavior.
Curr Opin Biotechnol: 2011, 22(2);180-6
[PubMed:21134736] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Tina M Henkin, Frank J Grundy, Charles Yanofsky, Enrique Merino
Biochemical features and functional implications of the RNA-based T-box regulatory mechanism.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2009, 73(1);36-61
[PubMed:19258532] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Boris Macek, Ivan Mijakovic, Jesper V Olsen, Florian Gnad, Chanchal Kumar, Peter R Jensen, Matthias Mann
The serine/threonine/tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Cell Proteomics: 2007, 6(4);697-707
[PubMed:17218307] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Y Gagnon, R Breton, H Putzer, M Pelchat, M Grunberg-Manago, J Lapointe
Clustering and co-transcription of the Bacillus subtilis genes encoding the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases specific for glutamate and for cysteine and the first enzyme for cysteine biosynthesis.
J Biol Chem: 1994, 269(10);7473-82
[PubMed:7510287] [WorldCat.org] (P p)