RbgA

• Description: assembly of the 50S subunit of the ribosome
  
  

Gene name	rbgA
Synonyms	ylqF
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	GTPase
Function	ribosome assembly
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rbgA
MW, pI	31 kDa, 9.528
Gene length, protein length	846 bp, 282 aa
Immediate neighbours	rplS, rnhB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, essential genes, GTP-binding proteins

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16050

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Binds and hydrolyzes GTP and readily exchanges GDP for GTP

• Protein family: MTG1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot) Era/Obg family

• Paralogous protein(s): Era, Obg, YphC, YsxC, RbgA, YqeH, ThdF, YyaF, YnbA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:
  • RNA-binding domain at the C-terminus PubMed
• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1PUJ

• UniProt: O31743

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: rbgA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Naotake Ogasawara, Nara, Japan

References

Reviews

Natalie Verstraeten, Maarten Fauvart, Wim Versées, Jan Michiels
The universally conserved prokaryotic GTPases.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2011, 75(3);507-42, second and third pages of table of contents
[PubMed:21885683] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Robert A Britton
Role of GTPases in bacterial ribosome assembly.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 2009, 63;155-76
[PubMed:19575570] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications

Additional publications: PubMed

Megha Gulati, Nikhil Jain, Baskaran Anand, Balaji Prakash, Robert A Britton
Mutational analysis of the ribosome assembly GTPase RbgA provides insight into ribosome interaction and ribosome-stimulated GTPase activation.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2013, 41(5);3217-27
[PubMed:23325847] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Laura Schaefer, William C Uicker, Catherine Wicker-Planquart, Anne-Emmanuelle Foucher, Jean-Michel Jault, Robert A Britton
Multiple GTPases participate in the assembly of the large ribosomal subunit in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(23);8252-8
[PubMed:16997968] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

William C Uicker, Laura Schaefer, Robert A Britton
The essential GTPase RbgA (YlqF) is required for 50S ribosome assembly in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 59(2);528-40
[PubMed:16390447] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Takuya Morimoto, Pek Chin Loh, Tomohiro Hirai, Kei Asai, Kazuo Kobayashi, Shigeki Moriya, Naotake Ogasawara
Six GTP-binding proteins of the Era/Obg family are essential for cell growth in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2002, 148(Pt 11);3539-3552
[PubMed:12427945] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)