nitrile reductase (NADPH-dependent 7-cyano-7-deazaguanine reductase), synthesis of the modified ribonucleotide queuosine
function
tRNA modification
product
nitrile reductase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.3|Protein synthesis, modification and degradation] → [category|SW 3.3.1|Translation] → [category|SW 3.3.1.8|tRNA modification and maturation]Gene
Coordinates
1,441,291 1,441,788
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
7-aminomethyl-7-carbaguanine + 2 NADP+ = 7-cyano-7-carbaguanine + 2 NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
QueF type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)Modification
active site Cys55 is S-bacillithiolated by NaOCl stress [Pubmed|22938038]disulfide formation between the catalytic Cys55 and conserved Cys99 protects the protein from irreversible oxidation [pubmed|28300774][SW|Cofactors]
NADPH [pubmed|28300774]Structure
[PDB|4F8B] (covalent thioimide intermediate of the unimodular nitrile reductase [protein|5F96500CC46CC4DAECEBAD34EC50B10548E6D0F9|QueF]) [Pubmed|22787148][SW|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|1925DFD1162E744E9175D07EC0FD72A75C79C6BF|queC]-[gene|BA6DD5C9AB9BFF9759E9ECC46CE3DF4EB7E67F52|queD]-[gene|F5189CAA5EF43FCF95E593E095F84B3BE486B347|queE]-[gene|5F96500CC46CC4DAECEBAD34EC50B10548E6D0F9|queF]
description
[Pubmed|14660578]
regulatory mechanism
[regulon|preQ1 riboswitch|preQ1 riboswitch]: antitermination, in the absence of queuosine [Pubmed|19285444], in [regulon|preQ1 riboswitch|preQ1 riboswitch]regulation
repressed in the presence of queuosine ([SW|preQ1 riboswitch]) [Pubmed|19285444]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B326 (ykvM::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/1325 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]BKE13750 ([gene|5F96500CC46CC4DAECEBAD34EC50B10548E6D0F9|queF]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE13750 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CGTCATGTTCATCTTCCTTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTATTCCGTTGTGTGATBKK13750 ([gene|5F96500CC46CC4DAECEBAD34EC50B10548E6D0F9|queF]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK13750 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CGTCATGTTCATCTTCCTTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTATTCCGTTGTGTGATReferences
22938038,14660578,15767583,16511203,17929836,19285444,17384645,22787148,28300774,28516784