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Gene Report : serC
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
J Bacteriol. 1990;172(11):6518-28.
Metabolic relationships between pyridoxine (vitamin B6) and serine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli K-12.
Lam HM, Winkler ME. ( 2121717 )
     Deletion OCR52 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  serC
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  serC   Search strains by all related name:  serC b0907 ECK0898 JW0890 pdxC pdxF

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name serC  
 Alternative name b0907,ECK0898,JW0890,pdxC,pdxF  
 Location, Length 956,876 - 957,964 (  +  ) ;   20.62 min ; 1089 (bp) ,   362 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product 3-phosphoserine/phosphohydroxythreonine aminotransferase  
 Operon Name serC-aroA  
 Note 3-phosphoserine aminotransferase; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0006564 - L-serine biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Amino acid biosynthesis: Serine  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( serC )
GO:0004648 ; phosphoserine transaminase activity ( serC )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( serC )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( serC )
GO:0006564 ; L-serine biosynthetic process ( serC )
GO:0008152 ; metabolic process ( serC )
GO:0008483 ; transaminase activity ( serC )
GO:0008615 ; pyridoxine biosynthetic process ( serC )
GO:0008652 ; amino acid biosynthetic process ( serC )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( serC )
GO:0030170 ; pyridoxal phosphate binding ( serC )
 PID 1787136  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.6.1.52  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene serC ( EG10946 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show simple )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) SERC_ECOLI ( P23721 ; P78266 )
    -  Protein name Phosphoserine aminotransferase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.6.1.52, PSAT  
    -  Gene name Name=serC; Synonyms=pdxF; OrderedLocusNames=b0907;  
    -  Comments
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:O-phospho-L-serine + 2-oxoglutarate = 3-phosphonooxypyruvate + L-glutamate.
  • COFACTOR:Pyridoxal phosphate.
  • PATHWAY:Required both in major phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis and in the biosynthesis of pyridoxine.
  • SUBUNIT:Homodimer.
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic.
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the class-V pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family.  
  •   botton Entry name(Acc.no) SERC_ECOL6 ( Q8FJB7 )
        -  Protein name Phosphoserine aminotransferase  
        -  Synonyms EC 2.6.1.52, PSAT  
        -  Gene name Name=serC; OrderedLocusNames=c1045;  
        -  Comments
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:O-phospho-L-serine + 2-oxoglutarate = 3-phosphonooxypyruvate + L-glutamate.
  • COFACTOR:Pyridoxal phosphate (By similarity).
  • PATHWAY:Required both in major phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis and in the biosynthesis of pyridoxine (By similarity).
  • SUBUNIT:Homodimer (By similarity).
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic (By similarity).
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the class-V pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family.  
  •   botton Entry name(Acc.no) SERC_ECO57 ( Q8XEA7 )
        -  Protein name Phosphoserine aminotransferase  
        -  Synonyms EC 2.6.1.52, PSAT  
        -  Gene name Name=serC; OrderedLocusNames=z1253, ECs0990;  
        -  Comments
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:O-phospho-L-serine + 2-oxoglutarate = 3-phosphonooxypyruvate + L-glutamate.
  • COFACTOR:Pyridoxal phosphate (By similarity).
  • PATHWAY:Required both in major phosphorylated pathway of serine biosynthesis and in the biosynthesis of pyridoxine (By similarity).
  • SUBUNIT:Homodimer (By similarity).
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic (By similarity).
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the class-V pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family.  

  •  Linear View (Whole Mode)
    View Location
       945.0  –  970.0 (KBP)

    Homology Analysis
    BLAST
        Bacteria
             GTOP serC (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
        PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             PSI-BLAST Chain A, Phosphoserine Aminotransferase From Bacillus Circulans Subsp. Alkalophilus  
        SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             BLAST Phosphoserine aminotransferase  
             PSI-BLAST Serine hydroxymethyltransferase
        nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             BLAST phosphoserine aminotransferase [Escherichia coli K12]  
    Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
        Pfam
    PROSITE
        PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AA_TRANSFER_CLASS_5     

    Other Cross-Reference
        COG COG1932HE 
        EcoCyc serC 

    MMBR References
    J Bacteriol. 1970;104(2):658-67.
    Characterization of pyridoxine auxotrophs of Escherichia coli: serine and pdxF mutants.
    Dempsey WB, Ito H. ( 4321330 )
    J Bacteriol. 1971;107(2):580-2.
    Identification of the forms of vitamin B 6 present in the culture media of "vitamin B 6 control" mutants.
    Dempsey WB, Arcement LJ. ( 4939769 )
    Biochem J. 1986;234(1):49-57.
    The serC-aroA operon of Escherichia coli. A mixed function operon encoding enzymes from two different amino acid biosynthetic pathways.
    Duncan K, Coggins JR. ( 3518706 )
    Mol Gen Genet. 1984;193(1):72-5.
    Construction and analysis of plasmids containing the Escherichia coli serB gene.
    Garnant MK, Stauffer GV. ( 6318053 )
    Nucleic Acids Res. 1985;13:7025-7039
    DNA sequence and characterization of the Escherichia coli serB gene.
    Neuwald, A. F., and G. V. Stauffer.
    J Bacteriol. 1978;134(3):944-9.
    3-hydroxypyruvate substitutes for pyridoxine in serC mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.
    Shimizu S, Dempsey WB. ( 350858 )

    Sequences
    Amino acid
    FASTA format
    0001 MAQIFNFSSG PAMLPAEVLK QAQQELRDWN GLGTSVMEVS HRGKEFIQVA EEAEKDFRDL LNVPSNYKVL 
    0071 FCHGGGRGQF AAVPLNILGD KTTADYVDAG YWAASAIKEA KKYCTPNVFD AKVTVDGLRA VKPMREWQLS 
    0141 DNAAYMHYCP NETIDGIAID ETPDFGADVV VAADFSSTIL SRPIDVSRYG VIYAGAQKNI GPAGLTIVIV 
    0211 REDLLGKANI ACPSILDYSI LNDNGSMFNT PPTFAWYLSG LVFKWLKANG GVAEMDKINQ QKAELLYGVI 
    0281 DNSDFYRNDV AKANRSRMNV PFQLADSALD KLFLEESFAA GLHALKGHRV VGGMRASIYN AMPLEGVKAL 
    0351 TDFMVEFERR HG
    
    
    Nucleotide
    FASTA format

    View sequence out neighbor 100bp
    -100                                             GTCACTGAAT GATAAAACCG ATAGCCACAG 
    -070 GAATAATGTA TTACCTGTGG TCGCAATCGA TTGACCGCGG GTTAATAGCA ACGCAACGTG GTGAGGGGAA 
    0001 atggctcaaa tcttcaattt tagttctggt ccggcaatgc taccggcaga ggtgcttaaa caggctcaac 
    0071 aggaactgcg cgactggaac ggtcttggta cgtcggtgat ggaagtgagt caccgtggca aagagttcat 
    0141 tcaggttgca gaggaagccg agaaggattt tcgcgatctt cttaatgtcc cctccaacta caaggtatta 
    0211 ttctgccatg gcggtggtcg cggtcagttt gctgcggtac cgctgaatat tctcggtgat aaaaccaccg 
    0281 cagattatgt tgatgccggt tactgggcgg caagtgccat taaagaagcg aaaaaatact gcacgcctaa 
    0351 tgtctttgac gccaaagtga ctgttgatgg tctgcgcgcg gttaagccaa tgcgtgaatg gcaactctct 
    0421 gataatgctg cttatatgca ttattgcccg aatgaaacca tcgatggtat cgccatcgac gaaacgccag 
    0491 acttcggcgc agatgtggtg gtcgccgctg acttctcttc aaccattctt tcccgtccga ttgacgtcag 
    0561 ccgttatggt gtaatttacg ctggcgcgca gaaaaatatc ggcccggctg gcctgacaat cgtcatcgtt 
    0631 cgtgaagatt tgctgggcaa agcgaatatc gcgtgtccgt cgattctgga ttattccatc ctcaacgata 
    0701 acggctccat gtttaacacg ccgccgacat ttgcctggta tctatctggt ctggtcttta aatggctgaa 
    0771 agcgaacggc ggtgtagctg aaatggataa aatcaatcag caaaaagcag aactgctata tggggtgatt 
    0841 gataacagcg atttctaccg caatgacgtg gcgaaagcta accgttcgcg gatgaacgtg ccgttccagt 
    0911 tggcggacag tgcgcttgac aaattgttcc ttgaagagtc ttttgctgct ggccttcatg cactgaaagg 
    0981 tcaccgtgtg gtcggcggaa tgcgcgcttc tatttataac gccatgccgc tggaaggcgt taaagcgctg 
    1051 acagacttca tggttgagtt cgaacgccgt cacggttaaT GCCGAAATTT TGCTTAATCC CCACAGCCAG 
    1121 CCTGTGGGGT TTTTATTTCT GTTGTAGAGA GTTGAGTTCA TGGAATCCCT GACGTTACAA CCCATCGCT