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Gene Report : galU
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
Mol Gen Genet. 1989;218(2):361-3.
A locus involved in kanamycin, chloramphenicol and L-serine resistance is located in the bglY-galU region of the Escherichia coli K12 chromosome.
Lejeune P, Bertin P, Walon C, Willemot K, Colson C, Danchin A. ( 2506428 )
     Deletion OCR68 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  galU
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  galU   Search strains by all related name:  galU b1236 ECK1231 JW1224 verA ychD

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name galU  
 Alternative name b1236,ECK1231,JW1224,verA,ychD  
 Location, Length 1,290,680 - 1,291,588 (  +  ) ;   27.82 min ; 909 (bp) ,   302 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase  
 Operon Name galU  
 Note GO_process: GO:0006012 - galactose metabolic process; GO_process: GO:0006006 - glucose metabolic process; GO_process: GO:0009242 - colanic acid biosynthetic process; GO_process: GO:0016052 - carbohydrate catabolic process; GO_process: GO:0009269 - response to desiccation  
 Function enzyme; Degradation of small molecules: Carbon compounds  
 Gene Ontology GO:0000287 ; magnesium ion binding ( galU )
GO:0003983 ; UTP:glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase activity ( galU )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( galU )
GO:0006011 ; UDP-glucose metabolic process ( galU )
GO:0009058 ; biosynthetic process ( galU )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( galU )
GO:0016779 ; nucleotidyltransferase activity ( galU )
 PID 1787488  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.7.7.9  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene galU ( EG11319 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) GALU_ECOLI ( P25520 )
    -  Protein name UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.7.7.9, UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, UDPGP, Alpha-D-glucosyl-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase, Uridine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase  
    -  Gene name OrderedLocusNames=b1236, c1700, z2012, ECs1738, SF1236, S1322;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   1280.0  –  1305.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP galU (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Crystal Structure Of E. Coli Glucose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UTP--glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase (UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase) (UDPGP) (Alpha-D-glucosyl-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase) (Uridine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase)  
         PSI-BLAST Glucose-1-phosphate adenylyltransferase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase [Escherichia coli O157:H7 EDL933]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    ATP_GTP_A     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG1210M 
    EcoCyc galU 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1971;108(3):1210-23.
Resistance of Escherichia coli to penicillins. IX. Genetics and physiology of class II ampicillin-resistant mutants that are galactose negative or sensitive to bacteriophage C21, or both.
Eriksson-Grennberg KR, Nordstrom K, Englund P. ( 4945191 )
Virology. 1969;38(1):189-91.
Mutation in gal U gene of E. coli blocks phage P1 infection.
Franklin NC. ( 4891220 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1969;105(4):285-97.
Biochemical and genetic studies with nitrate reductase C-gene mutants of Escherichia coli.
Guest JR. ( 4904136 )
J Bacteriol. 1966;92(2):518-20.
Chromosomal location of the gene determining uridine diphoglucose formation in Escherichia coli K-12.
Shapiro JA. ( 5330381 )
J Virol. 1971;8(5):669-74.
Isolation and characterization of an Escherichia coli bacteriophage requiring cell wall galactose.
Watson G, Paigen K. ( 4943683 )
J Bacteriol. 1994;176:2611-2618
UTP:alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase of Escherichia coli: isolation and DNA sequence of the galU gene and purification of the enzyme.
Weissborn, A. C., Q. Liu, M. K. Rumley, and E. P. Kennedy.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MAAINTKVKK AVIPVAGLGT RMLPATKAIP KEMLPLVDKP LIQYVVNECI AAGITEIVLV THSSKNSIEN 
0071 HFDTSFELEA MLEKRVKRQL LDEVQSICPP HVTIMQVRQG LAKGLGHAVL CAHPVVGDEP VAVILPDVIL 
0141 DEYESDLSQD NLAEMIRRFD ETGHSQIMVE PVADVTAYGV VDCKGVELAP GESVPMVGVV EKPKADVAPS 
0211 NLAIVGRYVL SADIWPLLAK TPPGAGDEIQ LTDAIDMLIE KETVEAYHMK GKSHDCGNKL GYMQAFVEYG 
0281 IRHNTLGTEF KAWLEEEMGI KK

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             CCTCCTTTTC AGAACTTAGC CCCTTCGGGG 
-070 TGCTGATATA CTGGGATGCG ATACAGAAAT ATGAACACGT TCAAAACACG AACAGTCCAG GAGAATTTAA 
0001 atggctgcca ttaatacgaa agtcaaaaaa gccgttatcc ccgttgcggg attaggaacc aggatgttgc 
0071 cggcgacgaa agccatcccg aaagagatgc tgccacttgt cgataagcca ttaattcaat acgtcgtgaa 
0141 tgaatgtatt gcggctggca ttactgaaat tgtgctggtt acacactcat ctaaaaactc tattgaaaac 
0211 cactttgata ccagttttga actggaagca atgctggaaa aacgtgtaaa acgtcaactg cttgatgaag 
0281 tgcagtctat ttgtccaccg cacgtgacta ttatgcaagt tcgtcagggt ctggcgaaag gcctgggaca 
0351 cgcggtattg tgtgctcacc cggtagtggg tgatgaaccg gtagctgtta ttttgcctga tgttattctg 
0421 gatgaatatg aatccgattt gtcacaggat aacctggcag agatgatccg ccgctttgat gaaacgggtc 
0491 atagccagat catggttgaa ccggttgctg atgtgaccgc atatggcgtt gtggattgca aaggcgttga 
0561 attagcgccg ggtgaaagcg taccgatggt tggtgtggta gaaaaaccga aagcggatgt tgcgccgtct 
0631 aatctcgcta ttgtgggtcg ttacgtactt agcgcggata tttggccgtt gctggcaaaa acccctccgg 
0701 gagctggtga tgaaattcag ctcaccgacg caattgatat gctgatcgaa aaagaaacgg tggaagccta 
0771 tcatatgaaa gggaagagcc atgactgcgg taataaatta ggttacatgc aggccttcgt tgaatacggt 
0841 attcgtcata acacccttgg cacggaattt aaagcctggc ttgaagaaga gatgggcatt aagaagtaaC 
0911 ATCCGTATCG GTGTTATCCA CGAAACGGCG TTGAGCAATC GACGCCGTTT TTTTATAGCT TATTCTTATT 
0981 AAATTGTCTT AAACCGGACA ATAAAAAAT