AlaS

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  • Description: alanine-tRNA synthetase

Gene name alaS
Synonyms
Essential yes PubMed
Product alanine-tRNA synthetase
Function translation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
tRNA charging
MW, pI 97 kDa, 4.922
Gene length, protein length 2634 bp, 878 aa
Immediate neighbours yrzL, yrrI
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
AlaS context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU27410

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-alanine + tRNA(Ala) = AMP + diphosphate + L-alanyl-tRNA(Ala) (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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  • Modification:
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

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  • Regulation:
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  • 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

Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Tina M Henkin, Frank J Grundy, Charles Yanofsky, Enrique Merino
Biochemical features and functional implications of the RNA-based T-box regulatory mechanism.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2009, 73(1);36-61
[PubMed:19258532] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)