rplU
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ribosomal protein bL21
locus
BSU_27960
Molecular weight
11.14 kDa
pI
10.16
function
translation
product
ribosomal protein L21 (bL21)
essential
yes
synonyms
rplU
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0261 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
2,855,518 2,855,826
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|23002217,12682299]
The protein
Protein family
bacterial [wiki|ribosomal protein] bL21 family (single member, according to UniProt)
Structure
[PDB|3J9W] (the [wiki|ribosome]) [Pubmed|25903689]
[AF|P26908]
Additional information
this ribosomal protein is lacking in some organisms with very small genomes [pubmed|33753464]
Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|11927EB0448839D047EC7BF70EC65156DAB481D3|rplU]-[gene|B27548A4BBF396C9BA102A80ACB08B21262CEA30|prp]-[gene|4626C659D6F1A81CCC94030F1CBAF7FEC3DE19CA|rpmA]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
regulation
[protein|CEE73284EFC0DBE8870CE0B474922DED79475A57|rel] dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response [Pubmed|11948165]
likely autorepression of the [gene|11927EB0448839D047EC7BF70EC65156DAB481D3|rplU]→[gene|4626C659D6F1A81CCC94030F1CBAF7FEC3DE19CA|rpmA] operon expression upon binding of excess of one ribosomal protein to the untranslated region of the [gene|11927EB0448839D047EC7BF70EC65156DAB481D3|rplU]→[gene|4626C659D6F1A81CCC94030F1CBAF7FEC3DE19CA|rpmA] mRNA [Pubmed|17616982]
regulatory mechanism
stringent response: negative regulation, in [regulon|other_regulator:stringent response|stringent response]
genes
[gene|AB2A3422277040107AAF90358BBE58608F8E0738|spoIVFA]-[gene|8801B095C2CE36F3E0B9DBBF489FFB217087DC0A|spoIVFB]-[gene|11927EB0448839D047EC7BF70EC65156DAB481D3|rplU]-[gene|B27548A4BBF396C9BA102A80ACB08B21262CEA30|prp]-[gene|4626C659D6F1A81CCC94030F1CBAF7FEC3DE19CA|rpmA]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
regulation
expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell ([protein|search|SigE], [wiki|SpoIIID]) [Pubmed|15699190,1942049,15383836]
additional information
the domains that inhibits [protein|search|SpoIVFB] is cleaved off by [protein|search|CtpB] (second cleavage) [PubMed|24243021]
additional information
expression is reduced in motile cells as compared to non-motile cells [pubmed|33782055]
References
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