TrmU

• Description: tRNA (5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridylate) methyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	trmU
Synonyms	yrrA
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	tRNA (5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridylate) methyltransferase
Function	tRNA modification
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: trmU
MW, pI	42 kDa, 4.729
Gene length, protein length	1122 bp, 374 aa
Immediate neighbours	yrrB, yrvO
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, essential genes, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27500

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: mnmA/TRMU 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:
  • cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O35020

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: cymR-yrvO-trmU PubMed

• Expression browser: trmU PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Soon-Yong Choi, Dindo Reyes, Montira Leelakriangsak, Peter Zuber
The global regulator Spx functions in the control of organosulfur metabolism in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(16);5741-51
[PubMed:16885442] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Christine Eymann, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Michael Hecker
Bacillus subtilis functional genomics: global characterization of the stringent response by proteome and transcriptome analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(9);2500-20
[PubMed:11948165] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)