YsxC

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

Gene name	ysxC
Synonyms	orfX
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	GTPase
Function	ribosome assembly
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ysxC
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: YsxC
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: ysxC
MW, pI	21 kDa, 9.708
Gene length, protein length	585 bp, 195 aa
Immediate neighbours	ysxD, lonA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, essential genes, membrane proteins, GTP-binding proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CtsR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28190

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU28190

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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

• Protein family: engB family (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:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • YsxC-RplL PubMed
  • YsxC-RplF PubMed
  • YsxC-RplC PubMed
  • YsxC-RplA PubMed

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU28190

• Structure: 1SVI (complex with GDP), 1SUL

• UniProt: P38424

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: lonA-ysxC PubMed

• Expression browser: ysxC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by heat stress (CtsR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CtsR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 114 PubMed
  • number of protein molecules per cell (complex medium with amino acids, without glucose): 113 PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:
  • for expression/ purification from B. subtilis with N-terminal Strep-tag, for SPINE, in pGP380: pGP834, available in Stülke lab
  • for expression/ purification from E. coli with N-terminal His-tag, in pWH844: pGP842, available in Stülke lab

• 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

Catherine Wicker-Planquart, Jean-Michel Jault
Interaction between Bacillus subtilis YsxC and ribosomes (or rRNAs).
FEBS Lett: 2015, 589(9);1026-32
[PubMed:25771857] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kwok-Ho Chan, Kam-Bo Wong
Structure of an essential GTPase, YsxC, from Thermotoga maritima.
Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun: 2011, 67(Pt 6);640-6
[PubMed:21636901] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Catherine Wicker-Planquart, Anne-Emmanuelle Foucher, Mathilde Louwagie, Robert A Britton, Jean-Michel Jault
Interactions of an essential Bacillus subtilis GTPase, YsxC, with ribosomes.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(2);681-90
[PubMed:17981968] [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)

Sergey N Ruzheinikov, Sanjan K Das, Svetlana E Sedelnikova, Patrick J Baker, Peter J Artymiuk, Jorge García-Lara, Simon J Foster, David W Rice
Analysis of the open and closed conformations of the GTP-binding protein YsxC from Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2004, 339(2);265-78
[PubMed:15136032] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Sanjan K Das, Svetlana E Sedelnikova, Patrick J Baker, Sergey N Ruzheinikov, Simon J Foster, David W Rice
Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of a putative GTP-binding protein, YsxC, from Bacillus subtilis.
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr: 2004, 60(Pt 1);166-8
[PubMed:14684918] [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)

Z Prágai, C R Harwood
YsxC, a putative GTP-binding protein essential for growth of Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(23);6819-23
[PubMed:11073929] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E Krüger, M Hecker
The first gene of the Bacillus subtilis clpC operon, ctsR, encodes a negative regulator of its own operon and other class III heat shock genes.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(24);6681-8
[PubMed:9852015] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Riethdorf, U Völker, U Gerth, A Winkler, S Engelmann, M Hecker
Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Bacillus subtilis lon gene.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(21);6518-27
[PubMed:7961402] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)