Fmt

• Description: methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase
  
  

Gene name	fmt
Synonyms	yloL
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase
Function	formylation of Met-tRNA(fMet)
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging
MW, pI	34 kDa, 5.618
Gene length, protein length	951 bp, 317 aa
Immediate neighbours	def, yloM
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15730

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 10-formyltetrahydrofolate + L-methionyl-tRNA(fMet) + H₂O = tetrahydrofolate + N-formylmethionyl-tRNA(fMet) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: fmt family (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:

• Swiss prot entry: P94463

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.1.2.9

Expression and regulation

• Operon: def-fmt-yloM PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Yann Duroc, Carmela Giglione, Thierry Meinnel
Mutations in three distinct loci cause resistance to peptide deformylase inhibitors in Bacillus subtilis.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother: 2009, 53(4);1673-8
[PubMed:19171795] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Krzysztof Hinc, Adam Iwanicki, Simone Seror, Michał Obuchowski
Mapping of a transcription promoter located inside the priA gene of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome.
Acta Biochim Pol: 2006, 53(3);497-505
[PubMed:16964327] [WorldCat.org] (P p)