MtnB

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  • Description: methylthioribulose-1-phosphate dehydratase

Gene name mtnB
Synonyms ykrY
Essential no
Product methylthioribulose-1-phosphate dehydratase
Function methionine salvage
MW, pI 23 kDa, 5.686
Gene length, protein length 627 bp, 209 aa
Immediate neighbours mtnX, mtnD
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YkrY context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU13610

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-D-ribulose 1-phosphate = 5-(methylthio)-2,3-dioxopentyl phosphate + H2O (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: MtnB 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

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism: S-box: transcription termination/ antitermination, the S-box riboswitch binds S-adenosylmethionine resulting in termination PubMed
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

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

Labs working on this gene/protein

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