QueF

• Description: synthesis of the modified ribonukleotide queuosine
  
  

Gene name	queF
Synonyms	ykvM
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	tRNA modification
MW, pI	19 kDa, 4.927
Gene length, protein length	495 bp, 165 aa
Immediate neighbours	queE, ykvN
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13750

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 7-aminomethyl-7-carbaguanine + 2 NADP⁺ = 7-cyano-7-carbaguanine + 2 NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: QueF type 1 subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O31678

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 1.7.1.13

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

John S Reader, David Metzgar, Paul Schimmel, Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
Identification of four genes necessary for biosynthesis of the modified nucleoside queuosine.
J Biol Chem: 2004, 279(8);6280-5
[PubMed:14660578] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)