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Gene Report : fixA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
J Basic Microbiol. 1995;35(4):217-27.
The fix Escherichia coli region contains four genes related to carnitine metabolism.
Eichler K, Buchet A, Bourgis F, Kleber HP, Mandrand-Berthelot MA. ( 7473063 )
     Deletion OCR28 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  fixA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  fixA   Search strains by all related name:  fixA b0041 ECK0042 JW0040 yaaQ

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name fixA  
 Alternative name b0041,ECK0042,JW0040,yaaQ  
 Location, Length 42,403 - 43,173 (  +  ) ;   0.91 min ; 771 (bp) ,   256 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product putative electron transfer flavoprotein subunit, required for anaerobic carnitine reduction  
 Operon Name fixABCX  
 Note probable flavoprotein subunit, carnitine metabolism; GO_process: GO:0016052 - carbohydrate catabolic process  
 Function putative enzyme; Energy metabolism, carbon: Electron transport  
 Gene Ontology GO:0006118 ; electron transport ( fixA )
GO:0006810 ; transport ( fixA )
GO:0009055 ; electron carrier activity ( fixA )
GO:0009437 ; carnitine metabolic process ( fixA )
 PID 87081682  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) FIXA_ECOLI ( P60566 ; P31573; P75625; P76901; Q8XA29 )
    -  Protein name FixA protein.  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=fixA; OrderedLocusNames=b0041;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   30.0  –  55.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP fixA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain C, Ternary Complex Between Trimethylamine Dehydrogenase And Electron Transferring Flavoprotein  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Protein fixA  
         PSI-BLAST Protein fixA
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST putative electron transfer flavoprotein subunit beta [Escherichia coli CFT073]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    ETF_BETA     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG2086C 
    EcoCyc fixA 

MMBR References
J Basic Microbiol. 1995;35(4):217-27.
The fix Escherichia coli region contains four genes related to carnitine metabolism.
Eichler K, Buchet A, Bourgis F, Kleber HP, Mandrand-Berthelot MA. ( 7473063 )
J Bacteriol. 1998;180:2599-2608
Regulation of the carnitine pathway in Escherichia coli: investigation of the cai-fix divergent promoter region.
Buchet, A., K. Eichler, and M. A. Mandrand-Berthelot.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKIITCYKCV PDEQDIAVNN ADGSLDFSKA DAKISQYDLN AIEAACQLKQ QAAEAQVTAL SVGGKALTNA 
0071 KGRKDVLSRG PDELIVVIDD QFEQALPQQT ASALAAAAQK AGFDLILCGD GSSDLYAQQV GLLVGEILNI 
0141 PAVNGVSKII SLTADTLTVE RELEDETETL SIPLPAVVAV STDINSPQIP SMKAILGAAK KPVQVWSAAD 
0211 IGFNAEAAWS EQQVAAPKQR ERQRIVIEGD GEEQIAAFAE NLRKVI

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             TATTGGTGAT TAAAGTTTTA TTTCAAAATT 
-070 AAAGGGCGTG ATATCTGTAA TTAACACCAC CGATATGAAC GACGTTTCCT TCATGATTTC TGGAGATGCA 
0001 atgaagatta ttacttgcta taagtgcgtg cctgatgaac aggatattgc ggtcaataat gctgatggtt 
0071 cattagactt cagcaaagcc gatgccaaaa taagccaata cgatctcaac gctattgaag cggcttgcca 
0141 gctaaagcaa caggcagcag aggcgcaggt gacagcctta agtgtgggcg gtaaagccct gaccaacgcc 
0211 aaagggcgta aagatgtgct atcgcgcggc ccggatgaac tgattgtggt gattgatgac cagttcgagc 
0281 aggcactgcc gcaacaaacg gcgagcgcac tggctgcagc cgcccagaaa gcaggctttg atctgatcct 
0351 ctgtggcgat ggttcttccg acctttatgc ccagcaggtt ggtctgctgg tgggcgaaat cctcaatatt 
0421 ccggcagtta acggcgtcag caaaattatc tccctgacgg cagataccct caccgttgag cgcgaactgg 
0491 aagatgaaac cgaaacctta agcattccgc tgcctgcggt tgttgctgtt tccactgata tcaactcccc 
0561 acaaattcct tcgatgaaag ccattctcgg cgcggcgaaa aagcccgtcc aggtatggtc ggcggcggat 
0631 attggtttta acgcagaggc agcctggtca gaacaacagg ttgccgcgcc gaaacagcgc gaacgtcagc 
0701 gcatcgtgat tgaaggcgac ggcgaagaac agatcgccgc atttgctgaa aatcttcgca aagtcattta 
0771 aTTACAGGGG ATGCTATGAA CACGTTTTCT CAAGTCTGGG TATTCAGCGA TACCCCTTCT CGTCTGCCGG 
0841 AACTGATGAA CGGTGCGCAG GCTTTAGCTA A