mtnA
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5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase
Locus
BSU_13550
Molecular weight
38.70 kDa
Isoelectric point
5
Function
methionine salvage
Product
5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase
Essential
no
E.C.
5.3.1.23
Synonyms
mtnA, ykrS, mtnS
Outlinks
Genomic Context
Categories containing this gene/protein
List of homologs in different organisms, belongs to COG0182 (Galperin et al., 2021)
This gene is a member of the following regulons
Gene
Coordinates
1,422,172 1,423,233
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
S-methyl-5-thio--D-ribose 1-phosphate --> 5-methylsulfanyl-D-ribulose 1-phosphate (according to UniProt)
Protein family
eIF-2B alpha/beta/delta subunits family (single member, according to UniProt)
Structure
Modification
phosphorylated on Arg-80 and Arg-298 PubMed
Additional information
subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed
belongs to the 100 most abundant proteins PubMed
Expression and Regulation
Operons
Description
Regulation
NusG-dependent transcription pausing precedes the completion of the SAM-binding aptamer domain of the S-box riboswitch PubMed
expression is reduced in motile cells as compared to non-motile cells PubMed
Regulatory mechanism
S-box: RNA switch, , the S-box riboswitch binds S-adenosylmethionine resulting in termination PubMed, in S-box
Sigma factors
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Biological materials
Mutant
MGNA-B320 (ykrS::erm), available at the NBRP B. subtilis, Japan
References
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