InfC
- Description: translation initiation factor IF-3
Gene name | infC |
Synonyms | |
Essential | yes PubMed |
Product | initiation factor IF-3 |
Function | translation |
MW, pI | 19 kDa, 10.342 |
Gene length, protein length | 519 bp, 173 aa |
Immediate neighbours | rpmI, yscA |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
This gene is a member of the following regulons
RplT regulon, stringent response
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU28870
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential PubMed
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
- Protein family: IF-3 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- Structure: 1TIF (N-terminal domain, Geobacillus stearothermophilus), 1TIG (C-terminal domain, Geobacillus stearothermophilus)
- UniProt: P55872
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulatory mechanism:
- binding of RplT to a RNA switch in the infC leader region causes transcription termination PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Additional publications: PubMed
Patrice Bruscella, Karen Shahbabian, Soumaya Laalami, Harald Putzer
RNase Y is responsible for uncoupling the expression of translation factor IF3 from that of the ribosomal proteins L35 and L20 in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 81(6);1526-41
[PubMed:21843271]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Nasslie Choonee, Sergine Even, Lena Zig, Harald Putzer
Ribosomal protein L20 controls expression of the Bacillus subtilis infC operon via a transcription attenuation mechanism.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2007, 35(5);1578-88
[PubMed:17289755]
[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)