RplU

• Description: ribosomal protein
  
  

Gene name	rplU
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	ribosomal protein L21 (BL20)
Function	translation
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: rplU
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: RplU
MW, pI	11 kDa, 10.16
Gene length, protein length	306 bp, 102 aa
Immediate neighbours	ysxB, spoIVFB
Sequences	Protein DNA Advanced_DNA
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU27960

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ribosomal protein L21P family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P26908

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: rplU PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • The mRNA has a long 5' leader region. This may indicate RNA-based regulation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Irnov Irnov, Cynthia M Sharma, Jörg Vogel, Wade C Winkler
Identification of regulatory RNAs in Bacillus subtilis.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2010, 38(19);6637-51
[PubMed:20525796] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Matthew A Lauber, William E Running, James P Reilly
B. subtilis ribosomal proteins: structural homology and post-translational modifications.
J Proteome Res: 2009, 8(9);4193-206
[PubMed:19653700] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Christine Eymann, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Michael Hecker
Bacillus subtilis functional genomics: global characterization of the stringent response by proteome and transcriptome analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(9);2500-20
[PubMed:11948165] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)