MetE
- Description: methionine synthase
Gene name | metE |
Synonyms | metC |
Essential | no |
Product | methionine synthase |
Function | biosynthesis of methionine |
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: metE | |
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Cys, Met & Sulfate assimilation | |
MW, pI | 86 kDa, 4.839 |
Gene length, protein length | 2286 bp, 762 aa |
Immediate neighbours | guaD, ispA |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
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Expression at a glance PubMed |
Contents
Categories containing this gene/protein
biosynthesis/ acquisition of amino acids, phosphoproteins
This gene is a member of the following regulons
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU13180
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: no entry
- SubtiList entry: [1]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: 5-methyltetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate + L-homocysteine = tetrahydropteroyltri-L-glutamate + L-methionine (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Protein family: vitamin-B12 independent methionine synthase family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- phosphorylated on ser/ thr/ tyr PubMed, S-cysteinylation after diamide stress (C719) PubMed
- Cys719 and Cys730 are S-bacillithiolated by NaOCl stress in B. subtilis and other Bacillus species PubMed PubMed
- MetE is generally most strongly S-bacillithiolated by NaOCl stress in B. subtilis and other Bacillus species PubMed PubMed
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
Database entries
- UniProt: P80877
- KEGG entry: [2]
- E.C. number: 2.1.1.14
Additional information
- subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed
Expression and regulation
- Operon: metE
- Sigma factor:
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism: S-box: transcription termination/ antitermination, the S-box riboswitch binds S-adenosylmethionine resulting in termination PubMed
- Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Additional publications: PubMed