YsxC

• Description: assembly of the 50S subunit of the ribosome
  
  

Gene name	ysxC
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	GTPase
Function	assembly of the 50S subunit of the ribosome
MW, pI	21 kDa, 9.708
Gene length, protein length	585 bp, 195 aa
Immediate neighbours	ysxD, lonA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Binds and hydrolyzes GTP and readily exchanges GDP for GTP

• Protein family: engB family (according to Swiss-Prot) Era/Obg family

• Paralogous protein(s): Era, Obg, YphC, YsxC, RbgA, YqeH, ThdF, YyaF, YnbA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: YsxC-RplL, YsxC-RplF, YsxC-RplC, YsxC-RplA PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1SVI (complex with GDP), 1SUL

• Swiss prot entry: P38424

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector: pGP834 (N-terminal Strep-tag, purification from B. subtilis, for SPINE, in pGP380), available in Stülke lab

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Naotake Ogasawara, Nara, Japan

References

1. Morimoto T, Loh PC, Hirai T, Asai K, Kobayashi K, Moriya S, Ogasawara N (2002) Six GTP-binding proteins of the Era/Obg family are essential for cell growth in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 148: 3539-3552. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed