SnaB

• Description: sulphur N-acetylase, may be involved in the utilization of modified amino acids
  
  

Gene name	snaB
Synonyms	yxeL
Essential	no
Product	sulphur N-acetylase
Function	unknown
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: snaB
MW, pI	18 kDa, 9.125
Gene length, protein length	495 bp, 165 aa
Immediate neighbours	yxeM, yxeK
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

poorly characterized/ putative enzymes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CymR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU39510

Phenotypes of a mutant

• the snaA snaB double mutant does not grow with S-methyl cysteine PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: acetyltransferase family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): SnaA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54951

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yxeK-yxeL-yxeM-yxeN-yxeO-yxeP-yxeQ PubMed

• Expression browser: yxeL PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of cysteine (CymR) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • CymR: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:
  • the amount of the mRNA is substantially decreased upon depletion of RNase Y PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Che-Man Chan, Antoine Danchin, Philippe Marlière, Agnieszka Sekowska
Paralogous metabolism: S-alkyl-cysteine degradation in Bacillus subtilis.
Environ Microbiol: 2014, 16(1);101-17
[PubMed:23944997] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Martin Lehnik-Habrink, Marc Schaffer, Ulrike Mäder, Christine Diethmaier, Christina Herzberg, Jörg Stülke
RNA processing in Bacillus subtilis: identification of targets of the essential RNase Y.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 81(6);1459-73
[PubMed:21815947] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Sergine Even, Pierre Burguière, Sandrine Auger, Olga Soutourina, Antoine Danchin, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete
Global control of cysteine metabolism by CymR in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(6);2184-97
[PubMed:16513748] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Kyle N Erwin, Shunji Nakano, Peter Zuber
Sulfate-dependent repression of genes that function in organosulfur metabolism in Bacillus subtilis requires Spx.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(12);4042-9
[PubMed:15937167] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Izumi Ishio, Eishi Nagakawa, Yoshiyuki Yamamoto, Mami Yamamoto, Yasutaro Fujita
Systematic study of gene expression and transcription organization in the gntZ-ywaA region of the Bacillus subtilis genome.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 3);573-579
[PubMed:10746760] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)