MetS

• Description: methionyl-tRNA synthetase
  
  

Gene name	metS
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	methionyl-tRNA synthetase
Function	translation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging
MW, pI	76 kDa, 4.958
Gene length, protein length	1992 bp, 664 aa
Immediate neighbours	abrB, yabD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00380

Expression

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-methionine + tRNA(Met) = AMP + diphosphate + L-methionyl-tRNA(Met) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: tRNA-binding domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylated on Ser-652 PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1WE0 (from Thermus thermophilus hb8 mutant, 40% identity, 57% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: P37465

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.1.1.10

Expression and regulation

• Operon: metS

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: