PnpA

• Description: polynucleotide phosphorylase, RNase
  
  

Gene name	pnpA
Synonyms	comR
Essential	no
Product	polynucleotide phosphorylase (PNPase) (EC 2.7.7.8)
Function	necessary for competence development
MW, pI	77 kDa, 4.89
Gene length, protein length	2115 bp, 705 aa
Immediate neighbours	rpsO, ylxY
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

genetic competence, Rnases

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16690

Phenotypes of a mutant

• The pnpA mutant is cold sensitive and sensitive to tetracyclin, it shows multiseptate filamentous growth.
• The mutant is deficient in genetic competence (no expression of the late competence genes)
• The mutant overexpresses the trp and ycgM-ycgN-ycgO operons.

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 3'-5' exoribonuclease, RNase, PNPase degrades the trp mRNA from the RNA-TRAP complex

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: part of the RNA degradosome
  • PnpA-RnjA PubMed, PnpA-PfkA PubMed, PnpA-Rny PubMed, PnpA-CshA PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3CDI (protein from E. coli), 3GCM (protein from E. coli, PNPase/RNase E micro-domain/RNA tetragonal crystal form )

• UniProt: P50849

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

required for the expression of late competence genes comGA and comK, requirement bypassed by a mecA disruption; may be necessary for modification of the srfAA transcript (stabilization or translation activation)

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP584 (aphA3), available in Stülke lab

• Expression vector:
  • for expression, purification in E. coli with N-terminal His-tag, in pWH844: pGP838, available in Stülke lab
  • for expression/ purification from B. subtilis with N-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, in pGP380: pGP1342, available in Stülke lab
  • for chromosomal expression of PnpA-Strep (cat): GP1002, available in Jörg Stülke's lab

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• FLAG-tag construct: GP1021 (spc, based on pGP1331), available in the Stülke lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

David Bechhofer, Mount Sinai School, New York, USA Homepage