CysE
- Description: serine O-acetyltransferase
Gene name | cysE |
Synonyms | cysA |
Essential | no |
Product | serine O-acetyltransferase |
Function | biosynthesis of cysteine |
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging, Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation | |
MW, pI | 23 kDa, 9.489 |
Gene length, protein length | 651 bp, 217 aa |
Immediate neighbours | gltX, cysS |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU00930
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Acetyl-CoA + L-serine = CoA + O-acetyl-L-serine (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: transferase hexapeptide repeat family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization:
- cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)
Database entries
- UniProt: Q06750
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 2.3.1.30
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulatory mechanism: T-box, overlaps a transcription terminator upstream of cysE: transcription antitermination PubMed
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Ana Gutiérrez-Preciado, Tina M Henkin, Frank J Grundy, Charles Yanofsky, Enrique Merino
Biochemical features and functional implications of the RNA-based T-box regulatory mechanism.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2009, 73(1);36-61
[PubMed:19258532]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Valerie E Pye, Andrew P Tingey, Robert L Robson, Peter C E Moody
The structure and mechanism of serine acetyltransferase from Escherichia coli.
J Biol Chem: 2004, 279(39);40729-36
[PubMed:15231846]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Y Gagnon, R Breton, H Putzer, M Pelchat, M Grunberg-Manago, J Lapointe
Clustering and co-transcription of the Bacillus subtilis genes encoding the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases specific for glutamate and for cysteine and the first enzyme for cysteine biosynthesis.
J Biol Chem: 1994, 269(10);7473-82
[PubMed:7510287]
[WorldCat.org]
(P p)