GlyQ

• Description: glycyl-tRNA synthetase (alpha subunit)
  
  

Gene name	glyQ
Synonyms	yqfJ
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	glycyl-tRNA synthetase (alpha subunit)
Function	translation
MW, pI	33 kDa, 4.8
Gene length, protein length	885 bp, 295 aa
Immediate neighbours	glyS, recO
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU25270

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + glycine + tRNA(Gly) = AMP + diphosphate + glycyl-tRNA(Gly) (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:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: GlyQ-GlyS

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P54380

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.1.1.14

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

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)

Audrey R Nelson, Tina M Henkin, Paul F Agris
tRNA regulation of gene expression: interactions of an mRNA 5'-UTR with a regulatory tRNA.
RNA: 2006, 12(7);1254-61
[PubMed:16741230] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mary R Yousef, Frank J Grundy, Tina M Henkin
Structural transitions induced by the interaction between tRNA(Gly) and the Bacillus subtilis glyQS T box leader RNA.
J Mol Biol: 2005, 349(2);273-87
[PubMed:15890195] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Frank J Grundy, Mary R Yousef, Tina M Henkin
Monitoring uncharged tRNA during transcription of the Bacillus subtilis glyQS gene.
J Mol Biol: 2005, 346(1);73-81
[PubMed:15663928] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Frank J Grundy, Tina M Henkin
Kinetic analysis of tRNA-directed transcription antitermination of the Bacillus subtilis glyQS gene in vitro.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(16);5392-9
[PubMed:15292140] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Mary R Yousef, Frank J Grundy, Tina M Henkin
tRNA requirements for glyQS antitermination: a new twist on tRNA.
RNA: 2003, 9(9);1148-56
[PubMed:12923262] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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