S-box Element

The S-box element is a riboswitch that controls different genes of sulphur metabolism in response to the presencce of S-adenosylmethionine.

Genes controled by S-box element:

• cysH,
• metE,
• metK,
• yitJ,
• yjcI,
• ykrT,
• ykrW,
• yoaD,
• yusC,
• yxjG,
• yxjH

References

Jerneja Tomsic, Brooke A McDaniel, Frank J Grundy, Tina M Henkin
Natural variability in S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)-dependent riboswitches: S-box elements in bacillus subtilis exhibit differential sensitivity to SAM In vivo and in vitro.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(3);823-33
[PubMed:18039762] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

T M Henkin, F J Grundy
Sensing metabolic signals with nascent RNA transcripts: the T box and S box riboswitches as paradigms.
Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol: 2006, 71;231-7
[PubMed:17381302] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)