GcvT

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  • Description: aminomethyltransferase (glycine cleavage system protein T)

Gene name gcvT
Synonyms yqhI
Essential no
Product aminomethyltransferase
(glycine cleavage system protein T)
Function glycine utilization
MW, pI 39 kDa, 5.734
Gene length, protein length 1086 bp, 362 aa
Immediate neighbours gcvPA, yqhH
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
GcvT context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU24570

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of amino acids

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: [Protein]-S(8)-aminomethyldihydrolipoyllysine + tetrahydrofolate = [protein]-dihydrolipoyllysine + 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate + NH3 (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: gcvT 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:

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion: pGP431 (in pAC7), available in Stülke lab
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Maumita Mandal, Mark Lee, Jeffrey E Barrick, Zasha Weinberg, Gail Mitchell Emilsson, Walter L Ruzzo, Ronald R Breaker
A glycine-dependent riboswitch that uses cooperative binding to control gene expression.
Science: 2004, 306(5694);275-9
[PubMed:15472076] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jeffrey E Barrick, Keith A Corbino, Wade C Winkler, Ali Nahvi, Maumita Mandal, Jennifer Collins, Mark Lee, Adam Roth, Narasimhan Sudarsan, Inbal Jona, J Kenneth Wickiser, Ronald R Breaker
New RNA motifs suggest an expanded scope for riboswitches in bacterial genetic control.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2004, 101(17);6421-6
[PubMed:15096624] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)