AspS
- Description: aspartyl-tRNA synthetase
| Gene name | aspS |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | yes PubMed |
| Product | aspartyl-tRNA synthetase |
| Function | translation |
| Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: aspS | |
| Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: aspS | |
| MW, pI | 65 kDa, 4.654 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1776 bp, 592 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | bsrA, hisS |
| Sequences | Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks |
Genetic context 
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Expression at a glance PubMed
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Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
translation, essential genes, phosphoproteins, most abundant proteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU27550
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential PubMed
Database entries
- BsubCyc: BSU27550
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-aspartate + tRNA(Asp) = AMP + diphosphate + L-aspartyl-tRNA(Asp) (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: class-II aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Modification: phosphorylated on ser/ thr/ tyr PubMed
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- BsubCyc: BSU27550
- UniProt: O32038
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number: 6.1.1.12
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulatory mechanism:
- T-box: RNA switch, transcriptional antitermination PubMed
- Additional information:
- belongs to the 100 most abundant proteins PubMed
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)
Alain Lévine, Françoise Vannier, Cédric Absalon, Lauriane Kuhn, Peter Jackson, Elaine Scrivener, Valérie Labas, Joëlle Vinh, Patrick Courtney, Jérôme Garin, Simone J Séror
Analysis of the dynamic Bacillus subtilis Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphoproteome implicated in a wide variety of cellular processes.
Proteomics: 2006, 6(7);2157-73
[PubMed:16493705]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Christine Eymann, Annette Dreisbach, Dirk Albrecht, Jörg Bernhardt, Dörte Becher, Sandy Gentner, Le Thi Tam, Knut Büttner, Gerrit Buurman, Christian Scharf, Simone Venz, Uwe Völker, Michael Hecker
A comprehensive proteome map of growing Bacillus subtilis cells.
Proteomics: 2004, 4(10);2849-76
[PubMed:15378759]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
