QueC

• Description: synthesis of the modified ribonucleotide queuosine
  
  

Gene name	queC
Synonyms	ykvJ
Essential	no
Product	unknown
Function	tRNA modification
MW, pI	24 kDa, 5.147
Gene length, protein length	657 bp, 219 aa
Immediate neighbours	ykvI, queD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

Categories containing this gene/protein

translation

This gene is a member of the following regulons

preQ1 riboswitch

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU13720

Expression

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: queC family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure: 3BL5

• UniProt: O31675

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: queC-queD-queE-queF PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed in the presence of queuosine (preQ1 riboswitch) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • preQ1 riboswitch: transcriptional antitermination in the absence of queuosine PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed