RelA

• Description: GTP pyrophosphokinase (stringent response)
  
  

Gene name	relA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	GTP pyrophosphokinase
Function	synthesis and degradation of (p)ppGpp, triggering the stringent response
MW, pI	84 kDa, 6.964
Gene length, protein length	2202 bp, 734 aa
Immediate neighbours	yrvI, apt
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + GTP = AMP + guanosine 3'-diphosphate 5'-triphosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: relA/spoT family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O54408

• KEGG entry: BSU27600

• E.C. number: 2.7.6.5

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

Yousuke Natori, Kazumi Tagami, Kana Murakami, Sawako Yoshida, Osamu Tanigawa, Yoonsuh Moh, Kenta Masuda, Tetsuya Wada, Shota Suzuki, Hideaki Nanamiya, Yuzuru Tozawa, Fujio Kawamura
Transcription activity of individual rrn operons in Bacillus subtilis mutants deficient in (p)ppGpp synthetase genes, relA, yjbM, and ywaC.
J Bacteriol: 2009, 191(14);4555-61
[PubMed:19447912] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)