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Gene Report : waaB
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
J Bacteriol. 1992;174(10):3250-60.
Genetic analysis of the genes involved in synthesis of the lipopolysaccharide core in Escherichia coli K-12: three operons in the rfa locus.
Roncero C, Casadaban MJ. ( 1577693 )
     Deletion OCL08 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
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     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  waaB   Search strains by all related name:  waaB b3628 ECK3618 JW3603 lps phx* rfaB syn* waaB

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name waaB  
 Alternative name b3628,ECK3618,JW3603,lps,phx*,rfaB,syn*,waaB  
 Location, Length 3,801,081 - 3,802,160 (  -  ) ;   81.93 min ; 1080 (bp) ,   359 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product UDP-D-galactose:(glucosyl)lipopolysaccharide-1, 6-D-galactosyltransferase  
 Operon Name waaQGP-rfaS-waaBIJY-rfaZ-waaK  
 Note GO_function: GO:0042280 - cell surface antigen activity, host-interacting  
 Function enzyme; Surface polysaccharides & antigens  
 Gene Ontology GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( rfaB )
GO:0009058 ; biosynthetic process ( rfaB )
GO:0009103 ; lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process ( rfaB )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( rfaB )
GO:0016757 ; transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups ( rfaB )
 PID 226510984  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.4.1.-  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) RFAB_ECOLI ( P27127 )
    -  Protein name Lipopolysaccharide 1,6-galactosyltransferase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.4.1.-, UDP-D- galactose--(Glucosyl)lipopolysaccharide-alpha-1,3-D- galactosyltransferase  
    -  Gene name Name=rfaB; Synonyms=waaB; OrderedLocusNames=b3628;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   3790.0  –  3815.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP rfaB (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
        PSI-BLAST  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Lipopolysaccharide 1,6-galactosyltransferase  
         PSI-BLAST Glycogen synthase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UDP-D-galactose:(glucosyl)lipopolysaccharide-1,6-D-galactosyltransferase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN    CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0438M 
    EcoCyc waaB 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:2525-2538
Role of the rfaG and rfaP genes in determining the lipopolysaccharide core structure and cell surface properties of Escherichia coli K-12.
Parker, C. T., A. W. Kloser, C. A. Schnaitman, M. A. Stein, S. Gottesman, and B. W. Gibson.
J Bacteriol. 1991;173(20):6428-31.
Effect of rfaH (sfrB) and temperature on expression of rfa genes of Escherichia coli K-12.
Pradel E, Schnaitman CA. ( 1655711 )
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:3250-3260
Genetic analysis of the genes involved in synthesis of the lipopolysaccharide core in Escherichia coli K-12.
Roncero, C., and M. J. Casadaban.
Microbiol. Rev. 1993;57:655-682
Genetics of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in enteric bacteria.
Schnaitman, C. A., and J. D. Klena.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1994;22:2576-2586
Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes.
Sofia, H. J., V. D. Burland, D. L. Daniels, G. Plunkett, and F. R. Blattner.
J Biol Chem. 1984;259:3064-3069
Regulation of membrane glycosyltransferases by the sfrB and rfaH genes of Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.
Creeger, E. S., T. Schulte, and L. I. Rothfield.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKIAFIGEAV SGFGGMETVI RDVITTFRQQ HIQSEMFFFC RNDKMDKGWL EGIKYSCSFS NIRLGFLRRA 
0071 KHIHALSKWL QEYQPDIVIC IDVISCLFAA KARKKSGIDM PVFSWPHFSL DHKKHAEYIT CADYHLAISS 
0141 GIKQQMINRG VAESTINVIF NPVETKDSVI PAPEEGETAT FIYVGRMKFE GQKRVKDLLD GLSQAKGNWK 
0211 LHVLGDGSDF EKCQAYGREL NIDDRIVWYG WQQYPWELVQ QDIEKVSALL LTSSFEGFPM TLLEALSWGI 
0281 PCISADCVSG PADIIQPDVN GHLYQPGDIA GFVTLLNKYI AGEIHIEHEK IPASIDEFYQ SKYYDRLHKV 
0351 IISAISRRK

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             aaattcagtc cagataaaat gatgtcaacg 
-070 attgtttctg attttataga caaataaaac cgttaaaaca gtgagtttta ctcaattaat gagagtttct 
0001 atgaaaatag cgtttatcgg cgaagctgtt tctggatttg gcggcatgga aactgtcatc cgtgatgtta 
0071 ttactacctt caggcaacaa catatccaaa gtgaaatgtt tttcttttgt cgtaatgaca aaatggataa 
0141 gggatggctg gaaggtatta aatactcatg ttcattttcc aatattcgtt taggtttttt gcgtcgggcg 
0211 aaacatattc atgctctaag taaatggctt caggagtacc aaccagatat cgttatttgt attgatgtga 
0281 tctcctgcct gtttgccgca aaagcacgta aaaaatcagg aattgatatg ccagtatttt catggccaca 
0351 tttttcttta gatcacaaaa aacatgctga atatatcacc tgtgccgact atcatttagc aatcagctct 
0421 ggcattaaac agcaaatgat taatcgaggt gtagcagaat cgacgataaa tgttattttt aatcccgtcg 
0491 aaactaaaga ctcagtcatt cccgcgcccg aggaaggtga aacggcaacg tttatttatg ttgggcgtat 
0561 gaaatttgaa ggccagaaaa gagttaaaga cctgcttgat ggcttatcac aagcgaaagg taactggaaa 
0631 ctccatgtat tgggtgatgg ctccgatttc gaaaaatgcc aggcttatgg tagagaatta aatattgatg 
0701 atcgaattgt ctggtatggt tggcaacaat atccctggga attggtccag caagatattg aaaaagtgag 
0771 tgcgttattg ctcacgtcat cttttgaagg tttcccaatg accctacttg aagccttgtc gtgggggatt 
0841 ccttgtatca gtgccgattg tgtctccggg cctgctgaca ttattcaacc tgatgtcaat ggccatctgt 
0911 atcaaccggg agatattgct ggttttgtaa ctcttctaaa taaatatata gcaggtgaaa ttcatatcga 
0981 acatgaaaaa attcctgcgt cgatcgatga attttaccaa tcgaagtatt acgatagatt acataaggta 
1051 attatttctg ctatttcccg gaggaaataa tgcagcaggt gtttttccag gaaactgagt ttcttaattc 
1121 agttattgat tatgatcata aagtagaaac agaaaatctt tgtctggaca tcgcttatgg