CysE

• Description: serine O-acetyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	cysE
Synonyms	cysA
Essential	no
Product	serine O-acetyltransferase
Function	biosynthesis of cysteine
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging, Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation
MW, pI	23 kDa, 9.489
Gene length, protein length	651 bp, 217 aa
Immediate neighbours	gltX, cysS
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00930

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acetyl-CoA + L-serine = CoA + O-acetyl-L-serine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: transferase hexapeptide repeat family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: Q06750

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.3.1.30

Expression and regulation

• Operon: gltX-cysE-cysS-mrnC-yacO-yacP PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: repression by cysteine (T-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism: T-box, overlaps a transcription terminator upstream of cysE: transcription antitermination PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: