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Gene Report : recA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)  
     Deletion OCL48,49-1 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  recA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  recA   Search strains by all related name:  recA b2699 ECK2694 JW2669 lexB recH rnmB srf tif umuB umuR zab

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name recA  
 Alternative name b2699,ECK2694,JW2669,lexB,recH,rnmB,srf,tif,umuB,umuR,zab  
 Location, Length 2,820,730 - 2,821,791 (  -  ) ;   60.80 min ; 1062 (bp) ,   353 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product DNA strand exchange and recombination protein with protease and nuclease activity  
 Operon Name recAX  
 Note DNA strand exchange and renaturation, DNA-dependent ATPase, DNA- and ATP-dependent coprotease; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_function: GO:0008233 - peptidase activity; GO_process: GO:0006310 - DNA recombination; GO_process: GO:0006281 - DNA repair; GO_process: GO:0006508 - proteolysis; GO_process: GO:0009432 - SOS response  
 Function enzyme; DNA - replication, repair,restriction/modification  
 Gene Ontology GO:0000166 ; nucleotide binding ( recA )
GO:0003677 ; DNA binding ( recA )
GO:0003684 ; damaged DNA binding ( recA )
GO:0003697 ; single-stranded DNA binding ( recA )
GO:0005524 ; ATP binding ( recA )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( recA )
GO:0006259 ; DNA metabolic process ( recA )
GO:0006281 ; DNA repair ( recA )
GO:0006310 ; DNA recombination ( recA )
GO:0006950 ; response to stress ( recA )
GO:0006974 ; response to DNA damage stimulus ( recA )
GO:0008094 ; DNA-dependent ATPase activity ( recA )
GO:0009432 ; SOS response ( recA )
GO:0017111 ; nucleoside-triphosphatase activity ( recA )
 PID 1789051  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene recA ( EG10823 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) RECA_ECOLI ( P03017 ; P26347; P78213 )
    -  Protein name RecA protein  
    -  Synonyms Recombinase A  
    -  Gene name OrderedLocusNames=b2699, c3253, z4002, ECs3556, SF2722, S2913;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   2810.0  –  2835.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP recA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Reca-Adp-Alf4 Complex  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Protein recA (Recombinase A)  
         PSI-BLAST Protein recA (Recombinase A)
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST DNA strand exchange and recombination protein with protease and nuclease activity [Escherichia coli APEC O1]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    ATP_GTP_A    RECA     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0468L 
    EcoCyc recA 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1989;171(5):2415-23.
New recA mutations that dissociate the various RecA protein activities in Escherichia coli provide evidence for an additional role for RecA protein in UV mutagenesis.
Dutreix M, Moreau PL, Bailone A, Galibert F, Battista JR, Walker GC, Devoret R. ( 2651400 )
Trends Genet. 1996;12(1):20-6.
Exchanging partners: recombination in E. coli.
Eggleston AK, West SC. ( 8741856 )
J Bacteriol. 1997;179:7435-7445
Genetic requirements and mutational specificity of the Escherichia coli SOS mutator activity.
Fijalkowska, I. J., R. L. Dunn, and R. M. Schaaper.
J Biol Chem. 1996;271:23874-23883
Interaction of Escherichia coli RecA protein with LexA repressor. II. Inhibition of DNA strand exchange by the uncleavable LexA S119A repressor argues that recombination and SOS induction are competitive processes.
Harmon, F. G., W. M. Rehrauer, and S. C. Kowalczykowski.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981;77:313-317.
Organization of the recA gene of Escherichia coli.
Horii, T., T. Ogawa, and H. Ogawa.
Mol Gen Genet. 1984;193(2):288-92.
Functional domains of Escherichia coli recA protein deduced from the mutational sites in the gene.
Kawashima H, Horii T, Ogawa T, Ogawa H. ( 6363880 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1979;177(1):13-22.
Construction and characterization of a plasmid coding for a fragment of the Escherichia coli recA protein.
Little JW. ( 395410 )
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981;78:4199-4203
Purified lexA protein is a repressor of the recA and lexA genes.
Little, J. W., D. W. Mount, and C. R. Yanisch-Perron.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980;77:2611-2615
Sequences of the recA gene and protein.
Sancar, A., C. Stachelek, W. Konigsberg, and W. D. Rupp.
Microbios. 1996;86(346):23-6.
The recA gene and cadmium toxicity in Escherichia coli K12.
Shapiro N, Keasling JD. ( 8771773 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1980;179(2):355-8.
Altered regulation of the recA gene in Escherichia coli strains carrying a recA-linked suppressor of lexA.
Thomas A, Lloyd RG. ( 7007810 )
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981;78:1786-1790
Evidence that rnmB is the operator of the Escherichia coli recA gene.
Volkert, M. R., L. J. Margossian, and A. J. Clark.
Mol Gen Genet. 1981;183(3):497-504.
Physical mapping of the srl recA region of Escherichia coli: analysis of Tn10 generated insertions and deletions.
Willis DK, Uhlin BE, Amini KS, Clark AJ. ( 6278241 )
J Mol Evol. 1997;44(5):528-41.
Evolutionary comparisons of RecA-like proteins across all major kingdoms of living organisms.
Brendel V, Brocchieri L, Sandler SJ, Clark AJ, Karlin S. ( 9115177 )
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1981;78:4204-4208
Mechanism of action of the lexA gene product.
Brent, R., and M. Ptashne.
J Bacteriol. 1996;178:2018-2024
Genetic characteristics of new recA mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.
Alexseyev, A. A., I. V. Bakhlanova, E. N. Zaitsev, and V. A. Lanzov.
Mutat Res. 1997;381(1):111-5.
Involvement of recA and recF in the induced precise excision of Tn10 in Escherichia coli.
Chan A, Nagel R. ( 9403037 )
Biochimie. 1991;73(4):523-32.
rec genes and homologous recombination proteins in Escherichia coli.
Clark AJ. ( 1911953 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MAIDENKQKA LAAALGQIEK QFGKGSIMRL GEDRSMDVET ISTGSLSLDI ALGAGGLPMG RIVEIYGPES 
0071 SGKTTLTLQV IAAAQREGKT CAFIDAEHAL DPIYARKLGV DIDNLLCSQP DTGEQALEIC DALARSGAVD 
0141 VIVVDSVAAL TPKAEIEGEI GDSHMGLAAR MMSQAMRKLA GNLKQSNTLL IFINQIRMKI GVMFGNPETT 
0211 TGGNALKFYA SVRLDIRRIG AVKEGENVVG SETRVKVVKN KIAAPFKQAE FQILYGEGIN FYGELVDLGV 
0281 KEKLIEKAGA WYSYKGEKIG QGKANATAWL KDNPETAKEI EKKVRELLLS NPNSTPDFSV DDSEGVAETN 
0351 EDF

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             caatttctac aaaacacttg atactgtatg 
-070 agcatacagt ataattgctt caacagaaca tattgactat ccggtattac ccggcatgac aggagtaaaa 
0001 atggctatcg acgaaaacaa acagaaagcg ttggcggcag cactgggcca gattgagaaa caatttggta 
0071 aaggctccat catgcgcctg ggtgaagacc gttccatgga tgtggaaacc atctctaccg gttcgctttc 
0141 actggatatc gcgcttgggg caggtggtct gccgatgggc cgtatcgtcg aaatctacgg accggaatct 
0211 tccggtaaaa ccacgctgac gctgcaggtg atcgccgcag cgcagcgtga aggtaaaacc tgtgcgttta 
0281 tcgatgctga acacgcgctg gacccaatct acgcacgtaa actgggcgtc gatatcgaca acctgctgtg 
0351 ctcccagccg gacaccggcg agcaggcact ggaaatctgt gacgccctgg cgcgttctgg cgcagtagac 
0421 gttatcgtcg ttgactccgt ggcggcactg acgccgaaag cggaaatcga aggcgaaatc ggcgactctc 
0491 acatgggcct tgcggcacgt atgatgagcc aggcgatgcg taagctggcg ggtaacctga agcagtccaa 
0561 cacgctgctg atcttcatca accagatccg tatgaaaatt ggtgtgatgt tcggtaaccc ggaaaccact 
0631 accggtggta acgcgctgaa attctacgcc tctgttcgtc tcgacatccg tcgtatcggc gcggtgaaag 
0701 agggcgaaaa cgtggtgggt agcgaaaccc gcgtgaaagt ggtgaagaac aaaatcgctg cgccgtttaa 
0771 acaggctgaa ttccagatcc tctacggcga aggtatcaac ttctacggcg aactggttga cctgggcgta 
0841 aaagagaagc tgatcgagaa agcaggcgcg tggtacagct acaaaggtga gaagatcggt cagggtaaag 
0911 cgaatgcgac tgcctggctg aaagataacc cggaaaccgc gaaagagatc gagaagaaag tacgtgagtt 
0981 gctgctgagc aacccgaact caacgccgga tttctctgta gatgatagcg aaggcgtagc agaaactaac 
1051 gaagattttt aatcgtcttg tttgatacac aagggtcgca tctgcggccc ttttgctttt ttaagttgta 
1121 aggatatgcc atgacagaat caacatcccg tcgcccggca ta