QueD

• Description: 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase, synthesis of the modified ribonucleotide queuosine
  
  

Gene name	queD
Synonyms	ykvK
Essential	no
Product	6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase
Function	tRNA modification
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: queD
MW, pI	16 kDa, 5.944
Gene length, protein length	447 bp, 149 aa
Immediate neighbours	queC, queE
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
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Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

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This gene is a member of the following regulons

preQ1 riboswitch

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13730

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O31676

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: queC-queD-queE-queF PubMed

• Expression browser: queD PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of queuosine (preQ1 riboswitch) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • preQ1 riboswitch: transcriptional antitermination in the absence of queuosine PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: