RsbU

• Description: protein serine phosphatase, environmental PP2C, dephosphorylates RsbV
  
  

Gene name	rsbU
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	protein serine phosphatase, environmental PP2C
Function	control of SigB activity
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RsbU
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	38 kDa, 4.906
Gene length, protein length	1005 bp, 335 aa
Immediate neighbours	rsbT, rsbV
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein modification, sigma factors and their control

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04700

Expression

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: O-phospho-L(or D)-serine + H₂O = L(or D)-serine + phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • RsbU-RsbV PubMed
  • RsbS-RsbU
  • RsbT-RsbU

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2J6Y

• UniProt: P40399

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.1.3.3

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rsbR-rsbS-rsbT-rsbU-rsbV-rsbW-sigB-rsbX PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Bill Haldenwang, San Antonio, USA
• Chet Price, Davis, USA homepage
• Rick Lewis, Newcastle, UK homepage

References

Reviews

Jon Marles-Wright, Richard J Lewis
The stressosome: molecular architecture of a signalling hub.
Biochem Soc Trans: 2010, 38(4);928-33
[PubMed:20658979] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)