MetS

• Description: methionyl-tRNA synthetase
  
  

Gene name	metS
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	methionyl-tRNA synthetase
Function	translation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: tRNA charging
MW, pI	76 kDa, 4.958
Gene length, protein length	1992 bp, 664 aa
Immediate neighbours	abrB, yabD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU00380

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + L-methionine + tRNA(Met) = AMP + diphosphate + L-methionyl-tRNA(Met) (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: tRNA-binding domain (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P37465

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 6.1.1.10

Expression and regulation

• Operon: metS

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)