MtnA

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  • Description: 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase

Gene name mtnA
Synonyms ykrS, mtnS
Essential no
Product 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase
Function methionine salvage
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation
MW, pI 38 kDa, 5.003
Gene length, protein length 1059 bp, 353 aa
Immediate neighbours ogt, mtnK
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YkrS context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU13550

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: S-methyl-5-thio-alpha-D-ribose 1-phosphate = S-methyl-5-thio-D-ribulose 1-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: MtnA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization:

Database entries

  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

  • subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism: S-box: transcription termination/ antitermination, the S-box riboswitch binds S-adenosylmethionine resulting in termination PubMed
  • Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Ulrike Mäder, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Knut Büttner, Rüdiger Bode, Michael Hecker
Transcriptome and proteome analysis of Bacillus subtilis gene expression modulated by amino acid availability.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(15);4288-95
[PubMed:12107147] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Brooke A Murphy, Frank J Grundy, Tina M Henkin
Prediction of gene function in methylthioadenosine recycling from regulatory signals.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(8);2314-8
[PubMed:11914366] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Sekowska, L Mulard, S Krogh, J K Tse, A Danchin
MtnK, methylthioribose kinase, is a starvation-induced protein in Bacillus subtilis.
BMC Microbiol: 2001, 1;15
[PubMed:11545674] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)