McsB

• Description: protein arginine kinase, adaptor protein, modulator of CtsR-dependent repression
  
  

Gene name	mcsB
Synonyms	yacI
Essential	no
Product	protein arginine kinase
Function	control of CtsR activity
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mcsB
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: McsB
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: mcsB
MW, pI	40 kDa, 5.068
Gene length, protein length	1089 bp, 363 aa
Immediate neighbours	mcsA, clpC
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein modification, transcription factors and their control, sporulation proteins, general stress proteins (controlled by SigB), heat shock proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CtsR regulon, SigB regulon, SigF regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00850

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU00850

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: targets non-functional CtsR for degradation by ClpP/ClpC PubMed

• Protein family: ATP:guanido phosphotransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:
  • autophosphorylation on specific arginine residues PubMed, dephosphorylation by YwlE PubMed
  • autophosphorylation stimulates McsB activity as adaptor protein for ClpC PubMed

• Cofactors:

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • McsA-McsB-CtsR, McsB-CtsR PubMed, McsA-McsB
  • McsB-YwlE PubMed
  • McsB-ClpP/ClpC (rapid degradation of phosphorylated McsB) PubMed

• Localization:

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU00850

• Structure:

• UniProt: P37570

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ctsR-mcsA-mcsB-clpC-radA-disA PubMed

• Expression browser: mcsB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed, SigB PubMed1 PubMed2, SigF PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expressed early during sporulation in the forespore (SigF) PubMed
  • induced by stress (SigB) PubMed
  • induced by heat (CtsR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CtsR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 142 PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • mcsB::aphA3 availbale from the Gerth lab
  • mcsBC167S::spec available from the Gerth lab
  • GP1457 (mcsB::aphA3), available in Jörg Stülke's lab
  • BP69 (spc), available in Fabian Commichau's lab

• Expression vector: for expression, purification in E. coli with N-terminal His-tag, pRSETA available in Gerth lab
  • expression of native mcsB in B. subtilis: pBP529186 (in pBQ200), available in Fabian Commichau's lab

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: available in Gerth lab

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Ulf Gerth, Greifswald, Germany

• Fabian Commichau Göttingen, Germany

References

Original Publications

Lorena Stannek, Katrin Gunka, Rachel A Care, Ulf Gerth, Fabian M Commichau
Factors that mediate and prevent degradation of the inactive and unstable GudB protein in Bacillus subtilis.
Front Microbiol: 2014, 5;758
[PubMed:25610436] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P e)

Débora Broch Trentini, Jakob Fuhrmann, Karl Mechtler, Tim Clausen
Chasing Phosphoarginine Proteins: Development of a Selective Enrichment Method Using a Phosphatase Trap.
Mol Cell Proteomics: 2014, 13(8);1953-64
[PubMed:24825175] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Andreas Schmidt, Débora Broch Trentini, Silvia Spiess, Jakob Fuhrmann, Gustav Ammerer, Karl Mechtler, Tim Clausen
Quantitative phosphoproteomics reveals the role of protein arginine phosphorylation in the bacterial stress response.
Mol Cell Proteomics: 2014, 13(2);537-50
[PubMed:24263382] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Alexander K W Elsholz, Kürsad Turgay, Stephan Michalik, Bernd Hessling, Katrin Gronau, Dan Oertel, Ulrike Mäder, Jörg Bernhardt, Dörte Becher, Michael Hecker, Ulf Gerth
Global impact of protein arginine phosphorylation on the physiology of Bacillus subtilis.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2012, 109(19);7451-6
[PubMed:22517742] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

A K W Elsholz, K Hempel, S Michalik, K Gronau, D Becher, M Hecker, U Gerth
Activity control of the ClpC adaptor McsB in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2011, 193(15);3887-93
[PubMed:21622759] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Alexander K W Elsholz, Stephan Michalik, Daniela Zühlke, Michael Hecker, Ulf Gerth
CtsR, the Gram-positive master regulator of protein quality control, feels the heat.
EMBO J: 2010, 29(21);3621-9
[PubMed:20852588] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jakob Fuhrmann, Andreas Schmidt, Silvia Spiess, Anita Lehner, Kürsad Turgay, Karl Mechtler, Emmanuelle Charpentier, Tim Clausen
McsB is a protein arginine kinase that phosphorylates and inhibits the heat-shock regulator CtsR.
Science: 2009, 324(5932);1323-7
[PubMed:19498169] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jeanette Hahn, Naomi Kramer, Kenneth Briley, David Dubnau
McsA and B mediate the delocalization of competence proteins from the cell poles of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2009, 72(1);202-15
[PubMed:19226326] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Janine Kirstein, David A Dougan, Ulf Gerth, Michael Hecker, Kürşad Turgay
The tyrosine kinase McsB is a regulated adaptor protein for ClpCP.
EMBO J: 2007, 26(8);2061-70
[PubMed:17380125] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Stephanie T Wang, Barbara Setlow, Erin M Conlon, Jessica L Lyon, Daisuke Imamura, Tsutomu Sato, Peter Setlow, Richard Losick, Patrick Eichenberger
The forespore line of gene expression in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2006, 358(1);16-37
[PubMed:16497325] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Janine Kirstein, Daniela Zühlke, Ulf Gerth, Kürşad Turgay, Michael Hecker
A tyrosine kinase and its activator control the activity of the CtsR heat shock repressor in B. subtilis.
EMBO J: 2005, 24(19);3435-45
[PubMed:16163393] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Petersohn, M Brigulla, S Haas, J D Hoheisel, U Völker, M Hecker
Global analysis of the general stress response of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(19);5617-31
[PubMed:11544224] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E Krüger, D Zühlke, E Witt, H Ludwig, M Hecker
Clp-mediated proteolysis in Gram-positive bacteria is autoregulated by the stability of a repressor.
EMBO J: 2001, 20(4);852-63
[PubMed:11179229] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

I Derré, G Rapoport, T Msadek
CtsR, a novel regulator of stress and heat shock response, controls clp and molecular chaperone gene expression in gram-positive bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 31(1);117-31
[PubMed:9987115] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

E Krüger, T Msadek, M Hecker
Alternate promoters direct stress-induced transcription of the Bacillus subtilis clpC operon.
Mol Microbiol: 1996, 20(4);713-23
[PubMed:8793870] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)