IleS

• Description: isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase
  
  

Gene name	ileS
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase
Function	translation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging
MW, pI	104 kDa, 5.191
Gene length, protein length	2763 bp, 921 aa
Immediate neighbours	divIVA, ylyA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15430

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, essential genes

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-isoleucine + tRNA(Ile) = AMP + diphosphate + L-isoleucyl-tRNA(Ile) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: IleS 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:

• UniProt: Q45477

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 6.1.1.5

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • induced by isoleucine limitation (T-box) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • T-box: RNA switch, transcriptional antitermination PubMed

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: