Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene MXAN3487 or cysC, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, sequence comparisons, the gene is encoded in the mcuABC, an operon coding for part of the chaperone-usher (CU) system | Myxococcus xanthus |
Protein Variants | Comment | Organism |
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K19R | site-directed mutagenesis, the P-loop Lys is substituted by Arg. K19R is a kinase-dead point mutation, because the Lys residue in the P-loop is required for productive ATP binding and kinase activity | Myxococcus xanthus |
additional information | construction of MXAN3487-lacZ fusion protein. Genome-wide transposon mutagenesis is used to identify MXAN3487 (MXAN_RS16905) as a gene encoding a putative adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) kinase (i.e. adenylylsulfate kinase), as a regulator for the timing of cell aggregation. In-frame deletion resulting in plasmid pBJ113-DELTAMXAN3487, a pBJ113 derivative. Expression of the Escherichia coli cysC gene in mutant strain DELTAMXAN3487 partially complements the phenotype | Myxococcus xanthus |
Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Myxococcus xanthus | Q1D6P1 | - |
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Myxococcus xanthus DK 1622 | Q1D6P1 | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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adenosine 5'-phosphosulphate kinase | - |
Myxococcus xanthus |
adenylylsulphate kinase | - |
Myxococcus xanthus |
APS kinase | - |
Myxococcus xanthus |
CysC | - |
Myxococcus xanthus |
MXAN3487 | - |
Myxococcus xanthus |
MXAN_3487 | - |
Myxococcus xanthus |
MXAN_RS16905 | locus name | Myxococcus xanthus |
Organism | Comment | Expression |
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Myxococcus xanthus | expression of gene MXAN3487 is not affected by sulfate availability | additional information |
Myxococcus xanthus | expression of MXAN3487 is induced during development and depends on FruA a key response regulator protein in the C-signalling pathway (protein-NPi-phosphohistidine-D-fructose phosphotransferase, EC 2.7.1.202). Aggregation defect of DMXAN3487, the K19R allele is unable to rescue the sporulation defect of DELTAMXAN3487. Mutant phenotype overview | up |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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evolution | the MXAN3487 protein displays sequence and structural homology to adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) kinase family members and contains putative motifs for ATP and APS binding | Myxococcus xanthus |
malfunction | deletion of gene MXAN3487 significantly delays fruiting body formation and the production of McuA, a spore coat protein secreted by the Myxococcus xanthus Mcu CU system. Delayed expression of mcuABC in DELTAMXAN3487 may be secondary to a cell aggregation defect | Myxococcus xanthus |
metabolism | APS kinase catalyses the second reaction in the two-step conversion of inorganic sulphate to 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS). MXAN3487 is not regulated by sulfur starvation | Myxococcus xanthus |
additional information | MXAN3487 protein homology modeling | Myxococcus xanthus |
physiological function | although the MXAN3487 locus is not linked to other sulfate assimilation genes, its protein product may have adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (APS) kinase activity in vivo. The importance of the ATP-binding site for activity is demonstrated. MXAN3487 seems not to function in a reductive sulfate assimilation pathway. The enzyme may phosphorylate molecules structurally related to APS, generating metabolites necessary for Myxococcus xanthus development, and exerts a positive effect on the mcuABC operon whose expression is morphogenesis-dependent. The enzyme is a regulator for the timing of cell aggregation. Protein MXAN3487 is a bona fide APS kinase, the kinase activity of MXAN3487 protein is essential for its function. MXAN3487 is not regulated by sulfur starvation | Myxococcus xanthus |