PrpC

• Description: protein phosphatase
  
  

Gene name	prpC
Synonyms	yloO
Essential	no
Product	protein phosphatase
Function	antagonist of PrkC-dependent phosphorylation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	27 kDa, 4.355
Gene length, protein length	762 bp, 254 aa
Immediate neighbours	yloN, prkC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15760

Phenotypes of a mutant

A prpC mutant is less lytic in late stationary phase. PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

protein modification

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: A phosphoprotein + H₂O = a protein + phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Proteins dephosphorylated by PrpC

CpgA, EF-Tu, YezB PubMed, HPr PubMed

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s): divalent cations such as magnesium or manganese

• Effectors of protein activity: inhibited by inorganic phosphate and glycero-2-phosphate PubMed

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 1TXO (from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 34% identity, 54% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: O34779

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 3.1.3.16

Expression and regulation

• Operon: prpC-prkC-cpgA PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: OMG401 (aphA3), available in the Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Cédric Absalon, Michal Obuchowski, Edwige Madec, Delphine Delattre, I Barry Holland, Simone J Séror
CpgA, EF-Tu and the stressosome protein YezB are substrates of the Ser/Thr kinase/phosphatase couple, PrkC/PrpC, in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2009, 155(Pt 3);932-943
[PubMed:19246764] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Kalpana D Singh, Matthias H Schmalisch, Jörg Stülke, Boris Görke
Carbon catabolite repression in Bacillus subtilis: quantitative analysis of repression exerted by different carbon sources.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(21);7275-84
[PubMed:18757537] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Kalpana D Singh, Sven Halbedel, Boris Görke, Jörg Stülke
Control of the phosphorylation state of the HPr protein of the phosphotransferase system in Bacillus subtilis: implication of the protein phosphatase PrpC.
J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol: 2007, 13(1-3);165-71
[PubMed:17693724] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Adam Iwanicki, Krzysztof Hinc, Simone Seror, Grzegorz Wegrzyn, Michal Obuchowski
Transcription in the prpC-yloQ region in Bacillus subtilis.
Arch Microbiol: 2005, 183(6);421-30
[PubMed:16025310] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Kristi E Pullen, Ho-Leung Ng, Pei-Yi Sung, Matthew C Good, Stephen M Smith, Tom Alber
An alternate conformation and a third metal in PstP/Ppp, the M. tuberculosis PP2C-Family Ser/Thr protein phosphatase.
Structure: 2004, 12(11);1947-54
[PubMed:15530359] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Tatiana A Gaidenko, Tae-Jong Kim, Chester W Price
The PrpC serine-threonine phosphatase and PrkC kinase have opposing physiological roles in stationary-phase Bacillus subtilis cells.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(22);6109-14
[PubMed:12399479] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M Obuchowski, E Madec, D Delattre, G Boël, A Iwanicki, D Foulger, S J Séror
Characterization of PrpC from Bacillus subtilis, a member of the PPM phosphatase family.
J Bacteriol: 2000, 182(19);5634-8
[PubMed:10986276] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)