RplC

Gene name	rplC
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	ribosomal protein L3 (BL3)
Function	translation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rplC
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RplC
MW, pI	22 kDa, 10.31
Gene length, protein length	627 bp, 209 aa
Immediate neighbours	rpsJ, rplD
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, universally conserved proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU01160

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: RplC binding to the precursor 23S rRNA stimulates MrnC activity PubMed

• Protein family: ribosomal protein L3P family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • YsxC-RplC PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P42920

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rpsJ-rplC-rplD-rplW-rplB-rpsS-rplV-rpsC-rplP-rpmC-rpsQ-rplN-rplX-rplE-rpsN-rpsH-rplF-rplR-rpsE-rpmD-rplO PubMed

• Expression browser: rplC PubMed

• Sigma factor:
  • SigA two promoters, about 140bp and 200bp upstream of the start codon 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: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• Antibody:

References

Matthew A Lauber, William E Running, James P Reilly
B. subtilis ribosomal proteins: structural homology and post-translational modifications.
J Proteome Res: 2009, 8(9);4193-206
[PubMed:19653700] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Yulia Redko, Ciarán Condon
Ribosomal protein L3 bound to 23S precursor rRNA stimulates its maturation by Mini-III ribonuclease.
Mol Microbiol: 2009, 71(5);1145-54
[PubMed:19154332] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Catherine Wicker-Planquart, Anne-Emmanuelle Foucher, Mathilde Louwagie, Robert A Britton, Jean-Michel Jault
Interactions of an essential Bacillus subtilis GTPase, YsxC, with ribosomes.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(2);681-90
[PubMed:17981968] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I 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)

X Li, L Lindahl, Y Sha, J M Zengel
Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis S10 ribosomal protein gene cluster identifies two promoters that may be responsible for transcription of the entire 15-kilobase S10-spc-alpha cluster.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(22);7046-54
[PubMed:9371452] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J W Suh, S A Boylan, S H Oh, C W Price
Genetic and transcriptional organization of the Bacillus subtilis spc-alpha region.
Gene: 1996, 169(1);17-23
[PubMed:8635744] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)