CshA

• Description: DEAD-box RNA helicase
  
  

Gene name	cshA
Synonyms	ydbR
Essential	no
Product	DEAD-box RNA helicase
Function	RNA helicase
MW, pI	57 kDa, 9.89
Gene length, protein length	1533 bp, 511 aa
Immediate neighbours	murF, ydbS
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04580

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: RNA helicase

• Protein family: helicase C-terminal domain (according to Swiss-Prot) DEAD-box RNA helicase

• Paralogous protein(s): CshB, DeaD, YfmL

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot), cytoplasma, colocalizes with the ribosomes PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P96614

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system: B. pertussis adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system (BACTH), available in Stülke lab

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Mohamed Marahiel, Marburg University, Germany homepage

References

Yoshinari Ando, Kouji Nakamura
Bacillus subtilis DEAD protein YdbR possesses ATPase, RNA binding, and RNA unwinding activities.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem: 2006, 70(7);1606-15
[PubMed:16861794] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Karen Hunger, Carsten L Beckering, Frank Wiegeshoff, Peter L Graumann, Mohamed A Marahiel
Cold-induced putative DEAD box RNA helicases CshA and CshB are essential for cold adaptation and interact with cold shock protein B in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(1);240-8
[PubMed:16352840] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)