RelA

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  • Description: GTP pyrophosphokinase (stringent response)

Gene name relA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product GTP pyrophosphokinase
Function synthesis and degradation of (p)ppGpp,
triggering the stringent response
MW, pI 84 kDa, 6.964
Gene length, protein length 2202 bp, 734 aa
Immediate neighbours yrvI, apt
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
RelA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + GTP = AMP + guanosine 3'-diphosphate 5'-triphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: relA/spoT family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

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Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Yousuke Natori, Kazumi Tagami, Kana Murakami, Sawako Yoshida, Osamu Tanigawa, Yoonsuh Moh, Kenta Masuda, Tetsuya Wada, Shota Suzuki, Hideaki Nanamiya, Yuzuru Tozawa, Fujio Kawamura
Transcription activity of individual rrn operons in Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(14);4555-61
[PubMed:19447912] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)