MsrA

• Description: peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase
  
  

Gene name	msrA
Synonyms	yppP
Essential	no
Product	peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase
Function	regeneration of methionine and restoration of protein function after oxidative damage
MW, pI	20 kDa, 5.709
Gene length, protein length	531 bp, 177 aa
Immediate neighbours	msrB, ypoP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU21690

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Peptide-L-methionine + thioredoxin disulfide + H₂O = peptide-L-methionine (S)-S-oxide + thioredoxin (according to Swiss-Prot)

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• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P54154

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 1.8.4.11

Expression and regulation

• Operon: msrA-msrB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: induced by oxidative stress (Spx)

• Regulatory mechanism: Spx: oxidized Spx binds RpoA and enhances msrA-msrB operon transcription PubMed

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

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References

CongHui You, Agnieszka Sekowska, Olivera Francetic, Isabelle Martin-Verstraete, YiPing Wang, Antoine Danchin
Spx mediates oxidative stress regulation of the methionine sulfoxide reductases operon in Bacillus subtilis.
BMC Microbiol: 2008, 8;128
[PubMed:18662407] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed