RnpA

• Description: protein component of RNase P, metal-dependent 5' end maturation of precursor tRNAs
  
  

Gene name	rnpA
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	protein component of RNase P (substrate specificity)
Function	cleavage of precursor sequences from the 5' ends of pre-tRNAs
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rnpA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RnpA
MW, pI	13 kDa, 10.804
Gene length, protein length	348 bp, 116 aa
Immediate neighbours	spoIIIJ, rpmH
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

Rnases, translation, essential genes

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU41050

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Endonucleolytic cleavage of RNA, removing 5'-extranucleotides from tRNA precursor (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: rnpA family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:
  • RNR motif: residues 60-68, stabilizes complexes with both the RNA part of RNase P (rnpB) and with pre-tRNA (rnpB-RnpA-pre-tRNA) PubMed

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • forms dimers PubMed
  • RnpA-RpmH
  • RnpA-RnpB PubMed
  • RnpA-CshA PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:
  • 1AF6 PubMed
  • 3OKB (complex of RnpA with the RNA RnpB and tRNA, from Thermotoga maritima) PubMed

• UniProt: P25814

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 3.1.26.5

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: rnpA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • expression transiently increases in the forespore PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Carol Fierke, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA homepage
• Roland Hartmann, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

Reviews

Roland K Hartmann, Markus Gössringer, Bettina Späth, Susan Fischer, Anita Marchfelder
The making of tRNAs and more - RNase P and tRNase Z.
Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci: 2009, 85;319-68
[PubMed:19215776] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J Kristin Smith, John Hsieh, Carol A Fierke
Importance of RNA-protein interactions in bacterial ribonuclease P structure and catalysis.
Biopolymers: 2007, 87(5-6);329-38
[PubMed:17868095] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Alexei V Kazantsev, Norman R Pace
Bacterial RNase P: a new view of an ancient enzyme.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2006, 4(10);729-40
[PubMed:16980936] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Donald Evans, Steven M Marquez, Norman R Pace
RNase P: interface of the RNA and protein worlds.
Trends Biochem Sci: 2006, 31(6);333-41
[PubMed:16679018] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Alfredo Torres-Larios, Kerren K Swinger, Tao Pan, Alfonso Mondragón
Structure of ribonuclease P--a universal ribozyme.
Curr Opin Struct Biol: 2006, 16(3);327-35
[PubMed:16650980] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

John Hsieh, Andy J Andrews, Carol A Fierke
Roles of protein subunits in RNA-protein complexes: lessons from ribonuclease P.
Biopolymers: 2004, 73(1);79-89
[PubMed:14691942] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Enno Hartmann, Roland K Hartmann
The enigma of ribonuclease P evolution.
Trends Genet: 2003, 19(10);561-9
[PubMed:14550630] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L A Kirsebom, A Vioque
RNase P from bacteria. Substrate recognition and function of the protein subunit.
Mol Biol Rep: 1995, 22(2-3);99-109
[PubMed:8901495] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Original Publications

Additional publications: PubMed

Alex Rosenberg, Lior Sinai, Yoav Smith, Sigal Ben-Yehuda
Dynamic expression of the translational machinery during Bacillus subtilis life cycle at a single cell level.
PLoS One: 2012, 7(7);e41921
[PubMed:22848659] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Christelle M Roux, Jonathon P DeMuth, Paul M Dunman
Characterization of components of the Staphylococcus aureus mRNA degradosome holoenzyme-like complex.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(19);5520-6
[PubMed:21764917] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Yu-Chu Chang, Terrence G Oas
Osmolyte-induced folding of an intrinsically disordered protein: folding mechanism in the absence of ligand.
Biochemistry: 2010, 49(25);5086-96
[PubMed:20476778] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kristin S Koutmou, Nathan H Zahler, Jeffrey C Kurz, Frank E Campbell, Michael E Harris, Carol A Fierke
Protein-precursor tRNA contact leads to sequence-specific recognition of 5' leaders by bacterial ribonuclease P.
J Mol Biol: 2010, 396(1);195-208
[PubMed:19932118] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

John Hsieh, Carol A Fierke
Conformational change in the Bacillus subtilis RNase P holoenzyme--pre-tRNA complex enhances substrate affinity and limits cleavage rate.
RNA: 2009, 15(8);1565-77
[PubMed:19549719] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Markus Gösringer, Roland K Hartmann
Function of heterologous and truncated RNase P proteins in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2007, 66(3);801-13
[PubMed:17919279] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Barbara Wegscheid, Roland K Hartmann
In vivo and in vitro investigation of bacterial type B RNase P interaction with tRNA 3'-CCA.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2007, 35(6);2060-73
[PubMed:17355991] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Somashekarappa Niranjanakumari, Jeremy J Day-Storms, Mahiuddin Ahmed, John Hsieh, Nathan H Zahler, Ronald A Venters, Carol A Fierke
Probing the architecture of the B. subtilis RNase P holoenzyme active site by cross-linking and affinity cleavage.
RNA: 2007, 13(4);521-35
[PubMed:17299131] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Markus Gössringer, Rosel Kretschmer-Kazemi Far, Roland K Hartmann
Analysis of RNase P protein (rnpA) expression in Bacillus subtilis utilizing strains with suppressible rnpA expression.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(19);6816-23
[PubMed:16980484] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Christopher H Henkels, Terrence G Oas
Thermodynamic characterization of the osmolyte- and ligand-folded states of Bacillus subtilis ribonuclease P protein.
Biochemistry: 2005, 44(39);13014-26
[PubMed:16185070] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Christoph Rox, Ralph Feltens, Thomas Pfeiffer, Roland K Hartmann
Potential contact sites between the protein and RNA subunit in the Bacillus subtilis RNase P holoenzyme.
J Mol Biol: 2002, 315(4);551-60
[PubMed:11812129] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Hansen, T Pfeiffer, T Zuleeg, S Limmer, J Ciesiolka, R Feltens, R K Hartmann
Exploring the minimal substrate requirements for trans-cleavage by RNase P holoenzymes from Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 41(1);131-43
[PubMed:11454206] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C H Henkels, J C Kurz, C A Fierke, T G Oas
Linked folding and anion binding of the Bacillus subtilis ribonuclease P protein.
Biochemistry: 2001, 40(9);2777-89
[PubMed:11258888] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J M Warnecke, R Held, S Busch, R K Hartmann
Role of metal ions in the hydrolysis reaction catalyzed by RNase P RNA from Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 290(2);433-45
[PubMed:10390342] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

T Stams, S Niranjanakumari, C A Fierke, D W Christianson
Ribonuclease P protein structure: evolutionary origins in the translational apparatus.
Science: 1998, 280(5364);752-5
[PubMed:9563955] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)