serine hydroxymethyltransferase
function
biosynthesis of glycine
product
serine hydroxymethyltransferase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3|Amino acid/ nitrogen metabolism] → [category|SW 2.3.1|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids] → [category|SW 2.3.1.8|Biosynthesis/ acquisition of serine/ glycine/ alanine][category|SW 3|Information processing] → [category|SW 3.1|Genetics] → [category|SW 3.1.9|Newly identified competence genes][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.4|Phosphoproteins] → [category|SW 6.4.8|Phosphorylation on either a Ser, Thr or Tyr residue]Gene
Coordinates
3,789,190 → 3,790,437
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|12682299], non-essential according to [Pubmed|28189581]inactivation of ''[gene|BAE8062DA8538C9C83FFBA9684BECE9613EEFD2F|glyA]'' suppresses the synthetic lethality of the ''[gene|3D41FB608DB70B9482312A1BBCCDBDA7FB713AFA|defA] [gene|53B760316B19E142FC3ECAD2CFAA540377B08BBC|defB]'' double mutant [Pubmed|27983482]poor growth [pubmed|28189581]poorly transformable [pubmed|28189581]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
(6R)-5,10-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + glycine + H2O --> (6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate + L-serine (according to UniProt)Protein family
SHMT family (single member, according to UniProt)Modification
phosphorylated on ser/ thr/ tyr [Pubmed|16493705], [Pubmed|17726680][SW|Cofactors]
PLP (according to UniProt)Structure
[PDB|2VGU] (complex with L-serine, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), [PDB|2VI8] (Geobacillus stearothermophilus)[SW|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)additional information
belongs to the 100 [SW|most abundant proteins] [PubMed|15378759]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|BAE8062DA8538C9C83FFBA9684BECE9613EEFD2F|glyA]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
sigma factors
[protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|11591660], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|A8C82F5825DE0921DA6B4ACDE0CC31EC7749273C|PurR]: repression, (molecular inducer: PRPP) [Pubmed|2536750], in [regulon|A8C82F5825DE0921DA6B4ACDE0CC31EC7749273C|PurR regulon][regulon|T-box|T-box]: anti-termination, in [regulon|T-box|T-box]regulation
induced by glycine limitation ([regulon|T-box|T-box]) [Pubmed|19258532]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
BKE36900 (Δ''[gene|BAE8062DA8538C9C83FFBA9684BECE9613EEFD2F|glyA]''::''ermC'') (available in the BGSC and in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lab) [pubmed|28189581]BKE36900 (Δ[gene|BAE8062DA8538C9C83FFBA9684BECE9613EEFD2F|glyA]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE36900 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATCAGCGAGATCCTCTCCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGATCCTAAAACCCGCTTBKK36900 (Δ[gene|BAE8062DA8538C9C83FFBA9684BECE9613EEFD2F|glyA]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK36900 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATCAGCGAGATCCTCTCCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAAGATCCTAAAACCCGCTTReferences
19258532,11591660,20152942,19171795,17726680,16493705,15378759,27983482,28189581