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-snaB-yxeM-yxeN-yxeO-sndB-yxeQ PubMed

• Expression browser: snaB 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: