ValS

• Description: valyl-tRNA synthetase
  
  

Gene name	valS
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	valyl-tRNA synthetase
Function	translation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging, Folate
MW, pI	101 kDa, 4.868
Gene length, protein length	2640 bp, 880 aa
Immediate neighbours	folC, ysxE
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU28090

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-valine + tRNA(Val) = AMP + diphosphate + L-valyl-tRNA(Val) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: ValS type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1IYW (from Thermus thermophilus, 41% identity, 60% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: Q05873

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.1.1.9

Expression and regulation

• Operon: valS-folC PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induced by valine limitation (T-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • T-box: riboswitch, transcription termination/antitermination PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Reviews

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)