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Gene Report : hemA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
Genes Genet Syst. 1996;71(4):237-41.
Control of the availability of exogenous 5-aminolevulinic acid in Escherichia coli.
Nakayashiki T, Inokuchi H. ( 8979375 )
     Deletion OCR67 (D)  ,  OCR67-5 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  hemA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  hemA   Search strains by all related name:  hemA b1210 ECK1198 gtrA JW1201

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name hemA  
 Alternative name b1210,ECK1198,gtrA,JW1201  
 Location, Length 1,262,937 - 1,264,193 (  +  ) ;   27.22 min ; 1257 (bp) ,   418 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product glutamyl tRNA reductase  
 Operon Name hemA-prfA-prmC  
 Note glutamyl-tRNA reductase; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0042493 - response to drug  
 Function enzyme; Biosynthesis of cofactors, carriers: Heme, porphyrin  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( hemA )
GO:0004764 ; shikimate 5-dehydrogenase activity ( hemA )
GO:0005488 ; binding ( hemA )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( hemA )
GO:0006779 ; porphyrin biosynthetic process ( hemA )
GO:0008152 ; metabolic process ( hemA )
GO:0008883 ; glutamyl-tRNA reductase activity ( hemA )
GO:0016491 ; oxidoreductase activity ( hemA )
GO:0033014 ; tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process ( hemA )
GO:0050661 ; NADP binding ( hemA )
 PID 1787461  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
1.2.1.-  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 1 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) HEM1_ECOLI ( P13580 ; Q59405 )
    -  Protein name Glutamyl-tRNA reductase  
    -  Synonyms EC 1.2.1.-, GluTR  
    -  Gene name Name=hemA; OrderedLocusNames=b1210, z1981, ECs1715;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   1250.0  –  1275.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP hemA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Oxoacyl-Acp Reductase Of Plasmodium Falciparum  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Glutamyl-tRNA reductase (GluTR)  
         PSI-BLAST Glutamyl-tRNA reductase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST glutamyl-tRNA reductase [Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. Sakai]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    PROKAR_LIPOPROTEIN    GLUTR     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0373H 
    EcoCyc hemA 

MMBR References
Mol Gen Genet. 1989;216(2-3):347-52.
Isolation and nucleotide sequence of the hemA gene of Escherichia coli K12.
Drolet M, Peloquin L, Echelard Y, Cousineau L, Sasarman A. ( 2664455 )
J Bacteriol. 1989;171(6):2919-24.
Identification of the enzymatic basis for delta-aminolevulinic acid auxotrophy in a hemA mutant of Escherichia coli.
Avissar YJ, Beale SI. ( 2656630 )
Gene. 1992;121(1):127-32.
Cloning and characterization of genes involved in the biosynthesis of delta-aminolevulinic acid in Escherichia coli.
Ikemi M, Murakami K, Hashimoto M, Murooka Y. ( 1427085 )
Gene. 1989;82(2):209-17.
Cloning and structure of the hem A gene of Escherichia coli K-12.
Li JM, Russell CS, Cosloy SD. ( 2684779 )
J Bacteriol. 1997;179:4583-4590
Role of the hemA gene product and delta-aminolevulinic acid in regulation of Escherichia coli heme synthesis.
Verderber, E., L. J. Lucast, J. A. Van Dehy, P. Cozart, J. B. Etter, and E. A. Best.
J Bacteriol. 1989;171(9):4728-35.
Isolation, nucleotide sequence, and preliminary characterization of the Escherichia coli K-12 hemA gene.
Verkamp E, Chelm BK. ( 2548996 )
J Bacteriol. 1994;176:2743-2746
5-Aminolevulinic acid synthesis in Escherichia coli requires expression of hemA.
Chen, W., C. S. Russell, Y. Murooka, and S. D. Cosloy.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MTLLALGINH KTAPVSLRER VSFSPDKLDQ ALDSLLAQPM VQGGVVLSTC NRTELYLSVE EQDNLQEALI 
0071 RWLCDYHNLN EEDLRKSLYW HQDNDAVSHL MRVASGLDSL VLGEPQILGQ VKKAFADSQK GHMKASELER 
0141 MFQKSFSVAK RVRTETDIGA SAVSVAFAAC TLARQIFESL STVTVLLVGA GETIELVARH LREHKVQKMI 
0211 IANRTRERAQ ILADEVGAEV IALSDIDERL READIIISST ASPLPIIGKG MVERALKSRR NQPMLLVDIA 
0281 VPRDVEPEVG KLANAYLYSV DDLQSIISHN LAQRKAAAVE AETIVAQETS EFMAWLRAQS ASETIREYRS 
0351 QAEQVRDELT AKALAALEQG GDAQAIMQDL AWKLTNRLIH APTKSLQQAA RDGDNERLNI LRDSLGLE

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             CAATTACTCC AAAAGGGGGC GCTCTCTTTT 
-070 ATTGATCTTA CGCATCCTGT ATGATGCAAG CAGACTAACC CTATCAACGT TGGTATTATT TCCCGCAGAC 
0001 atgacccttt tagcactcgg tatcaaccat aaaacggcac ctgtatcgct gcgagaacgt gtatcgtttt 
0071 cgccggataa gctcgatcag gcgcttgaca gcctgcttgc gcagccgatg gtgcagggcg gcgtggtgct 
0141 gtcgacgtgc aaccgcacgg aactttatct tagcgttgaa gagcaggaca acctgcaaga ggcgttaatc 
0211 cgctggcttt gcgattatca caatcttaat gaagaagatc tgcgtaaaag cctctactgg catcaggata 
0281 acgacgcggt tagccattta atgcgtgttg ccagcggcct ggattcactg gttctggggg agccgcagat 
0351 cctcggtcag gttaaaaaag cgtttgccga ttcgcaaaaa ggtcatatga aggccagcga actggaacgc 
0421 atgttccaga aatctttctc tgtcgcgaaa cgcgttcgca ctgaaacaga tatcggtgcc agcgctgtgt 
0491 ctgtcgcttt tgcggcttgt acgctggcgc ggcagatctt tgaatcgctc tctacggtca cagtgttgct 
0561 ggtaggcgcg ggcgaaacta tcgagctggt ggcgcgtcat ctgcgcgaac acaaagtaca gaagatgatt 
0631 atcgccaacc gcactcgcga acgtgcccaa attctggcag atgaagtcgg cgcggaagtg attgccctga 
0701 gtgatatcga cgaacgtctg cgcgaagccg atatcatcat cagttccacc gccagcccgt taccgattat 
0771 cgggaaaggc atggtggagc gcgcattaaa aagccgtcgc aaccaaccaa tgctgttggt ggatattgcc 
0841 gttccgcgcg atgttgagcc ggaagttggc aaactggcga atgcttatct ttatagcgtt gatgatctgc 
0911 aaagcatcat ttcgcacaac ctggcgcagc gtaaagccgc agcggttgag gcggaaacta ttgtcgctca 
0981 ggaaaccagc gaatttatgg cgtggctgcg agcacaaagc gccagcgaaa ccattcgcga gtatcgcagc 
1051 caggcagagc aagttcgcga tgagttaacc gccaaagcgt tagcggccct tgagcagggc ggcgacgcgc 
1121 aagccattat gcaggatctg gcatggaaac tgactaaccg cttgatccat gcgccaacga aatcacttca 
1191 acaggccgcc cgtgacgggg ataacgaacg cctgaatatt ctgcgcgaca gcctcgggct ggagtagCAG 
1261 TACATCATTT TCTTTTTTTA CAGGGTGCAT TTACGCCTAT GAAGCCTTCT ATCGTTGCCA AACTGGAAGC 
1331 CCTGCATGAA CGCCATGAAG AAGTTCA