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Gene Report : purM
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)  
     Deletion DE(upp-guaB)92  ,  OCL57 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  purM
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  purM   Search strains by all related name:  purM b2499 ECK2495 JW2484 purG purI

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name purM  
 Alternative name b2499,ECK2495,JW2484,purG,purI  
 Location, Length 2,619,219 - 2,620,256 (  +  ) ;   56.45 min ; 1038 (bp) ,   345 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase  
 Operon Name purMN  
 Note phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase = AIR synthetase; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0006164 - purine nucleotide biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Purine ribonucleotide biosynthesis  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( purM )
GO:0004641 ; phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine cyclo-ligase activity ( purM )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( purM )
GO:0006164 ; purine nucleotide biosynthetic process ( purM )
GO:0006189 ; 'de novo' IMP biosynthetic process ( purM )
GO:0016874 ; ligase activity ( purM )
 PID 1788845  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
6.3.3.1  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene purM ( EG10798 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show simple )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) PUR5_ECOLI ( P08178 )
    -  Protein name Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine cyclo-ligase  
    -  Synonyms EC 6.3.3.1, AIRS, Phosphoribosyl-aminoimidazole synthetase, AIR synthase  
    -  Gene name Name=purM; Synonyms=purG; OrderedLocusNames=b2499;  
    -  Comments
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:ATP + 2-(formamido)-N(1)-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)acetamidine = ADP + phosphate + 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole.
  • PATHWAY:De novo purine biosynthesis; fifth step.
  • SUBUNIT:Homodimer.
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic.
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the AIR synthase family.  
  •   botton Entry name(Acc.no) PUR5_ECOL6 ( Q8FF72 )
        -  Protein name Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine cyclo-ligase  
        -  Synonyms EC 6.3.3.1, AIRS, Phosphoribosyl-aminoimidazole synthetase, AIR synthase  
        -  Gene name Name=purM; OrderedLocusNames=c3017;  
        -  Comments
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:ATP + 2-(formamido)-N(1)-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)acetamidine = ADP + phosphate + 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole.
  • PATHWAY:De novo purine biosynthesis; fifth step.
  • SUBUNIT:Homodimer (By similarity).
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic (By similarity).
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the AIR synthase family.  
  •   botton Entry name(Acc.no) PUR5_ECO57 ( Q8XAC5 )
        -  Protein name Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine cyclo-ligase  
        -  Synonyms EC 6.3.3.1, AIRS, Phosphoribosyl-aminoimidazole synthetase, AIR synthase  
        -  Gene name Name=purM; OrderedLocusNames=z3762, ECs3361;  
        -  Comments
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:ATP + 2-(formamido)-N(1)-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)acetamidine = ADP + phosphate + 5-amino-1-(5-phospho-D-ribosyl)imidazole.
  • PATHWAY:De novo purine biosynthesis; fifth step.
  • SUBUNIT:Homodimer (By similarity).
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic (By similarity).
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the AIR synthase family.  

  •  Linear View (Whole Mode)
    View Location
       2610.0  –  2635.0 (KBP)

    Homology Analysis
    BLAST
        Bacteria
             GTOP purM (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
        PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             PSI-BLAST Chain A, X-Ray Crystal Structure Of Aminoimidazole Ribonucleotide Synthetase (Purm), From The E. Coli Purine Biosynthetic Pathway, At 2.5 A Resolution  
        SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             BLAST Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine cyclo-ligase  
             PSI-BLAST Phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine cyclo-ligase
        nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             BLAST phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase [Escherichia coli K12]  
    Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
        Pfam
    PROSITE
        PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL     

    Other Cross-Reference
        COG COG0150F 
        EcoCyc purM 

    MMBR References
    J Bacteriol. 1983;154(3):1485-8.
    Identification of the enzymatic reactions encoded by the purG and purI genes of Escherichia coli.
    Houlberg U, Hove-Jensen B, Jochimsen B, Nygaard P. ( 6343356 )
    J Biol Chem. 1986;261:10632-10636
    Nucleotide sequence of the purM gene encoding 5'-phosphoribosyl-5-aminoimidazole synthetase of Escherichia coli K12.
    Smith, J. M., and H. A. Daum, III.
    J Biol Chem. 1987;262:10565-10569
    Identification and nucleotide sequence of a gene encoding 5'-phosphoribosylglycinamide transformylase in Escherichia coli K12.
    Smith, J. M., and H. A. Daum, III.

    Sequences
    Amino acid
    FASTA format
    0001 MTDKTSLSYK DAGVDIDAGN ALVGRIKGVV KKTRRPEVMG GLGGFGALCA LPQKYREPVL VSGTDGVGTK 
    0071 LRLAMDLKRH DTIGIDLVAM CVNDLVVQGA EPLFFLDYYA TGKLDVDTAS AVISGIAEGC LQSGCSLVGG 
    0141 ETAEMPGMYH GEDYDVAGFC VGVVEKSEII DGSKVSDGDV LIALGSSGPH SNGYSLVRKI LEVSGCDPQT 
    0211 TELDGKPLAD HLLAPTRIYV KSVLELIEKV DVHAIAHLTG GGFWENIPRV LPDNTQAVID ESSWQWPEVF 
    0281 NWLQTAGNVE HHEMYRTFNC GVGMIIALPA PEVDKALALL NANGENAWKI GIIKASDSEQ RVVIE
    
    
    Nucleotide
    FASTA format

    View sequence out neighbor 100bp
    -100                                             AAAAGGTTGT GTAAAGCAGT CTCGCAAACG 
    -070 TTTGCTTTCC CTGTTAGAAT TGCGCCGAAT TTTATTTTTC TACCGCAAGT AACGCGTGGG GACCCAAGCA 
    0001 gtgaccgata aaacctctct tagctacaaa gatgccggtg ttgatattga cgcgggtaat gctctggttg 
    0071 gaagaatcaa aggcgtagtg aagaaaacgc gtcgtccgga agtgatgggc ggtctgggcg gcttcggtgc 
    0141 gctgtgtgca ttgccgcaaa aatatcgtga acccgtgctg gtttctggca ctgacggcgt aggtaccaag 
    0211 ctgcgtctgg caatggactt aaaacgtcac gacaccattg gtattgatct ggtcgccatg tgcgttaatg 
    0281 acctggtggt gcaaggtgca gagccgctgt ttttcctcga ctattacgca accggaaaac tggatgttga 
    0351 taccgcttca gcggtgatca gcggcattgc ggaaggttgt ctgcaatcag gctgttcact ggtgggtggc 
    0421 gaaacggcag aaatgccggg gatgtatcac ggtgaggatt acgatgtcgc gggtttctgc gttggcgtgg 
    0491 tagaaaaatc agaaatcatc gacggctcta aagtcagcga cggcgatgtg ctgattgcac tcggttccag 
    0561 cggtccacac tcgaacggct attcgctggt gcgcaaaatt cttgaagtca gcggttgtga tccgcaaacc 
    0631 accgaacttg atggtaagcc attagccgat catctgctgg caccgacccg catttacgtg aagtcagtgc 
    0701 tggagttgat tgaaaaggtc gatgtgcatg ccattgcgca cctgaccggc ggcggcttct gggaaaacat 
    0771 tccgcgcgta ttgccagata atactcaggc agtgattgat gaatcttcct ggcagtggcc ggaagtgttc 
    0841 aactggctgc aaacggcagg taacgttgag caccatgaaa tgtatcgcac cttcaactgc ggcgtcggga 
    0911 tgattattgc cctgcctgct ccggaagtgg acaaagccct cgccctgctc aatgccaacg gtgaaaacgc 
    0981 gtggaaaatc ggtatcatca aagcctctga ttccgaacaa cgcgtggtta tcgaataaTG AATATTGTGG 
    1051 TGCTTATTTC CGGCAACGGA AGTAATTTAC AGGCAATTAT TGACGCCTGT AAAACCAACA AAATTAAAGG 
    1121 CACCGTACGG GCAGTTTT