RsbR

• Description: activator of RsbT kinase activity, part of the stressosome
  
  

Gene name	rsbR
Synonyms	ycxR, rsbRA
Essential	no
Product	activator of RsbT kinase activity
Function	control of SigB activity
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Stress
MW, pI	30 kDa, 4.731
Gene length, protein length	822 bp, 274 aa
Immediate neighbours	ndoA, rsbS
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04670

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): RsbRB, RsbRC, RsbRD, YtvA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains: RsbRA is composed of an N-terminal nonheme globin domain and a highly conserved C-terminal STAS (Sulphate Transporter and AntiSigma factor antagonist) domain. The C-terminal STAS domain is the target of the serine/threonine-specific kinase RsbT (see below).

• Modification: RsbRA: Thr-171 and Thr-205

phosphorylation on Thr-171 (RsbRA) PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: RsbR-RsbT, RsbR-RsbS

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 2BNL (N-terminal domain), 3VY9 (complete stressosome)

• UniProt: P42409

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: rsbR-rsbS-rsbT-rsbU-rsbV-rsbW-sigB-rsbX PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation: constitutively expressed PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

• Bill Haldenwang, San Antonio, USA
• Chet Price, Davis, USA homepage
• Rick Lewis, Newcastle, UK homepage

References

Reviews

Jon Marles-Wright, Richard J Lewis
The Bacillus subtilis stressosome: A signal integration and transduction hub.
Commun Integr Biol: 2008, 1(2);182-4
[PubMed:19704888] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jan Pané-Farré, Richard J Lewis, Jörg Stülke
The RsbRST stress module in bacteria: a signalling system that may interact with different output modules.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2005, 9(2);65-76
[PubMed:16319496] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Original Articles

Adam Reeves, Luis Martinez, William Haldenwang
Expression of, and in vivo stressosome formation by, single members of the RsbR protein family in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2010, 156(Pt 4);990-998
[PubMed:20019076] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Jon Marles-Wright, Tim Grant, Olivier Delumeau, Gijs van Duinen, Susan J Firbank, Peter J Lewis, James W Murray, Joseph A Newman, Maureen B Quin, Paul R Race, Alexis Rohou, Willem Tichelaar, Marin van Heel, Richard J Lewis
Molecular architecture of the "stressosome," a signal integration and transduction hub.
Science: 2008, 322(5898);92-6
[PubMed:18832644] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Christine Eymann, Dörte Becher, Jörg Bernhardt, Katrin Gronau, Anja Klutzny, Michael Hecker
Dynamics of protein phosphorylation on Ser/Thr/Tyr in Bacillus subtilis.
Proteomics: 2007, 7(19);3509-26
[PubMed:17726680] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Boris Macek, Ivan Mijakovic, Jesper V Olsen, Florian Gnad, Chanchal Kumar, Peter R Jensen, Matthias Mann
The serine/threonine/tyrosine phosphoproteome of the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Cell Proteomics: 2007, 6(4);697-707
[PubMed:17218307] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Adam Reeves, W G Haldenwang
Isolation and characterization of dominant mutations in the Bacillus subtilis stressosome components RsbR and RsbS.
J Bacteriol: 2007, 189(5);1531-41
[PubMed:17158665] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Shrin Kuo, Shuyu Zhang, Robyn L Woodbury, W G Haldenwang
Associations between Bacillus subtilis sigmaB regulators in cell extracts.
Microbiology (Reading): 2004, 150(Pt 12);4125-36
[PubMed:15583165] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Chien-Cheng Chen, Michael D Yudkin, Olivier Delumeau
Phosphorylation and RsbX-dependent dephosphorylation of RsbR in the RsbR-RsbS complex of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(20);6830-6
[PubMed:15466036] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tae-Jong Kim, Tatiana A Gaidenko, Chester W Price
In vivo phosphorylation of partner switching regulators correlates with stress transmission in the environmental signaling pathway of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(18);6124-32
[PubMed:15342582] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tae-Jong Kim, Tatiana A Gaidenko, Chester W Price
A multicomponent protein complex mediates environmental stress signaling in Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 2004, 341(1);135-50
[PubMed:15312768] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Chien-Cheng Chen, Richard J Lewis, Robin Harris, Michael D Yudkin, Olivier Delumeau
A supramolecular complex in the environmental stress signalling pathway of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 49(6);1657-69
[PubMed:12950928] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Zhang, J M Scott, W G Haldenwang
Loss of ribosomal protein L11 blocks stress activation of the Bacillus subtilis transcription factor sigma(B).
J Bacteriol: 2001, 183(7);2316-21
[PubMed:11244072] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J M Scott, J Ju, T Mitchell, W G Haldenwang
The Bacillus subtilis GTP binding protein obg and regulators of the sigma(B) stress response transcription factor cofractionate with ribosomes.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(10);2771-7
[PubMed:10781545] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

T A Gaidenko, X Yang, Y M Lee, C W Price
Threonine phosphorylation of modulator protein RsbR governs its ability to regulate a serine kinase in the environmental stress signaling pathway of Bacillus subtilis.
J Mol Biol: 1999, 288(1);29-39
[PubMed:10329124] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S Akbar, C M Kang, T A Gaidenko, C W Price
Modulator protein RsbR regulates environmental signalling in the general stress pathway of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1997, 24(3);567-78
[PubMed:9179850] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

U Voelker, A Voelker, W G Haldenwang
The yeast two-hybrid system detects interactions between Bacillus subtilis sigmaB regulators.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(23);7020-3
[PubMed:8955331] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Yang, C M Kang, M S Brody, C W Price
Opposing pairs of serine protein kinases and phosphatases transmit signals of environmental stress to activate a bacterial transcription factor.
Genes Dev: 1996, 10(18);2265-75
[PubMed:8824586] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

U Voelker, A Voelker, W G Haldenwang
Reactivation of the Bacillus subtilis anti-sigma B antagonist, RsbV, by stress- or starvation-induced phosphatase activities.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(18);5456-63
[PubMed:8808936] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C M Kang, M S Brody, S Akbar, X Yang, C W Price
Homologous pairs of regulatory proteins control activity of Bacillus subtilis transcription factor sigma(b) in response to environmental stress.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(13);3846-53
[PubMed:8682789] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Dufour, U Voelker, A Voelker, W G Haldenwang
Relative levels and fractionation properties of Bacillus subtilis σ(B) and its regulators during balanced growth and stress.
J Bacteriol: 1996, 178(13);3701-9 sigma
[PubMed:8682769] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A A Wise, C W Price
Four additional genes in the sigB operon of Bacillus subtilis that control activity of the general stress factor sigma B in response to environmental signals.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(1);123-33
[PubMed:8002610] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)