RnpA

• Description: protein component of ribonuclease P
  
  

Gene name	rnpA
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	protein component of RNase P (substrate specificity)
Function	cleavage of precursor sequences from the 5' ends of pre-tRNAs
MW, pI	13 kDa, 10.804
Gene length, protein length	348 bp, 116 aa
Immediate neighbours	spoIIIJ, rpmH
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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Extended information on the protein

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• Interactions: RnpA-RnpB

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Database entries

• Structure: 1AF6 PubMed

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:3.1.26.5

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Roland Hartmann, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

1. Hansen, A., Pfeiffer, T., Zuleeg, T., Limmer, S., Ciesiolka, J., Feltens, R. & Hartmann, R. K. (2001). Exploring the minimal substrate requirements for trans-cleavage by RNase P holoenzyme from Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 41, 131-143. PubMed
2. Stams T, Niranjanakumari S, Fierke CA, Christianson DW (1998) Ribonuclease P protein structure: evolutionary origins in the translational apparatus.Science 280: 752-755. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed