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Gene Report : fhuA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
EMBO J. 1993;12(8):3007-16.
Conversion of the FhuA transport protein into a diffusion channel through the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.
Killmann H, Benz R, Braun V. ( 7688295 )
     Deletion OCR33-15 (D)  ,  OCR33-3 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  fhuA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  fhuA   Search strains by all related name:  fhuA b0150 ECK0149 JW0146 T1 tonA

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name fhuA  
 Alternative name b0150,ECK0149,JW0146,T1,tonA  
 Location, Length 167,484 - 169,727 (  +  ) ;   3.61 min ; 2244 (bp) ,   747 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product ferrichrome outer membrane transporter  
 Operon Name fhuACDB  
 Note outer membrane protein receptor for ferrichrome, colicin M, and phages T1, T5, and phi80; GO_component: GO:0009274 - peptidoglycan-based cell wall; GO_component: GO:0009279 - cell outer membrane  
 Function membrane; Outer membrane constituents  
 Gene Ontology GO:0004872 ; receptor activity ( fhuA )
GO:0005215 ; transporter activity ( fhuA )
GO:0005506 ; iron ion binding ( fhuA )
GO:0006810 ; transport ( fhuA )
GO:0006811 ; ion transport ( fhuA )
GO:0006826 ; iron ion transport ( fhuA )
GO:0009279 ; cell outer membrane ( fhuA )
GO:0009597 ; detection of virus ( fhuA )
GO:0015343 ; siderophore-iron transmembrane transporter activity ( fhuA )
GO:0015891 ; siderophore transport ( fhuA )
GO:0016020 ; membrane ( fhuA )
GO:0016021 ; integral to membrane ( fhuA )
GO:0019867 ; outer membrane ( fhuA )
GO:0046718 ; entry of virus into host cell ( fhuA )
 PID 1786344  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene fhuA ( EG10302 )  
    Number of removed 33 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) FHUA_ECOLI ( P06971 ; P71280; P75665 )
    -  Protein name Ferrichrome-iron receptor precursor  
    -  Synonyms Ferric hydroxamate uptake, Ferric hydroxamate receptor  
    -  Gene name Name=fhuA; Synonyms=tonA; OrderedLocusNames=b0150;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   155.0  –  180.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP fhuA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Fhua From E. Coli  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Ferrichrome-iron receptor precursor  
         PSI-BLAST Ferrichrome-iron receptor precursor
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST COG1629: Outer membrane receptor proteins, mostly Fe transport [Escherichia coli 53638]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    TONB_DEPENDENT_REC_1    TONB_DEPENDENT_REC_2     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG1629P 
    EcoCyc fhuA 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1983;156(3):1301-14.
Cloning and expression of the fhu genes involved in iron(III)-hydroxamate uptake by Escherichia coli.
Fecker L, Braun V. ( 6315685 )
J Bacteriol. 1980;143(1):256-64.
Genetic control of hydroxamate-mediated iron uptake in Escherichia coli.
Kadner RJ, Heller K, Coulton JW, Braun V. ( 6249788 )
EMBO J. 1993;12:3007-3016
Conversion of the FhuA transport protein into a diffusion channel through the outer membrane of Escherichia coli.
Killmann, H., R. Benz, and V. Braun.
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:3479-3486
An aspartate deletion mutation defines a binding site of the multifunctional FhuA outer membrane receptor of Escherichia coli K-12.
Killmann, H., and V. Braun.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1994;119(1-2):71-6.
Energy-dependent receptor activities of Escherichia coli K-12: mutated TonB proteins alter FhuA receptor activities to phages T5, T1, phi 80 and to colicin M.
Killmann H, Braun V. ( 8039674 )
J Bacteriol. 1976;127(2):1036-7.
Iron transport in Salmonella typhimurium LT-2: prevention, by ferrichrome, of adsorption of bacteriophages ES18 and ES18.h1 to a common cell envelope receptor.
Luckey M, Neilands JB. ( 783114 )
J Bacteriol. 1972;111(3):731-8.
Iron uptake in Salmonella typhimurium: utilization of exogenous siderochromes as iron carriers.
Luckey M, Pollack JR, Wayne R, Ames BN, Neilands JB. ( 4559824 )
Biochemistry. 1996;35(45):14216-24.
Purification and structural and functional characterization of FhuA, a transporter of the Escherichia coli outer membrane.
Boulanger P, le Maire M, Bonhivers M, Dubois S, Desmadril M, Letellier L. ( 8916906 )
FEBS Lett. 1994;346(1):59-64.
Energy-coupled transport through the outer membrane of Escherichia coli small deletions in the gating loop convert the FhuA transport protein into a diffusion channel.
Braun V, Killmann H, Benz R. ( 7515827 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1977;155(2):227-9.
Identification of the sid outer membrane receptor protein in Salmonella typhimurium SL1027.
Braun V, Hantke K, Stauder W. ( 337132 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1983;192(1-2):131-9.
Plasmid and chromosomal mutants in the iron(III)-aerobactin transport system of Escherichia coli. Use of streptonigrin for selection.
Braun V, Gross R, Koster W, Zimmermann L. ( 6316109 )
J Bacteriol. 1986;165(1):181-92.
Protein fusions of beta-galactosidase to the ferrichrome-iron receptor of Escherichia coli K-12.
Coulton JW, Mason P, Cameron DR, Carmel G, Jean R, Rode HN. ( 3079747 )
J Bacteriol. 1983;156(3):1315-21.
Molecular cloning of the ferrichrome-iron receptor of Escherichia coli K-12.
Coulton JW, Mason P, DuBow MS. ( 6315686 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MARSKTAQPK HSLRKIAVVV ATAVSGMSVY AQAAVEPKED TITVTAAPAP QESAWGPAAT IAARQSATGT 
0071 KTDTPIQKVP QSISVVTAEE MALHQPKSVK EALSYTPGVS VGTRGASNTY DHLIIRGFAA EGQSQNNYLN 
0141 GLKLQGNFYN DAVIDPYMLE RAEIMRGPVS VLYGKSSPGG LLNMVSKRPT TEPLKEVQFK AGTDSLFQTG 
0211 FDFSDSLDDD GVYSYRLTGL ARSANAQQKG SEEQRYAIAP AFTWRPDDKT NFTFLSYFQN EPETGYYGWL 
0281 PKEGTVEPLP NGKRLPTDFN EGAKNNTYSR NEKMVGYSFD HEFNDTFTVR QNLRFAENKT SQNSVYGYGV 
0351 CSDPANAYSK QCAALAPADK GHYLARKYVV DDEKLQNFSV DTQLQSKFAT GDIDHTLLTG VDFMRMRNDI 
0421 NAWFGYDDSV PLLNLYNPVN TDFDFNAKDP ANSGPYRILN KQKQTGVYVQ DQAQWDKVLV TLGGRYDWAD 
0491 QESLNRVAGT TDKRDDKQFT WRGGVNYLFD NGVTPYFSYS ESFEPSSQVG KDGNIFAPSK GKQYEVGVKY 
0561 VPEDRPIVVT GAVYNLTKTN NLMADPEGSF FSVEGGEIRA RGVEIEAKAA LSASVNVVGS YTYTDAEYTT 
0631 DTTYKGNTPA QVPKHMASLW ADYTFFDGPL SGLTLGTGGR YTGSSYGDPA NSFKVGSYTV VDALVRYDLA 
0701 RVGMAGSNVA LHVNNLFDRE YVASCFNTYG CFWGAERQVV ATATFRF

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             CGTACCGCTT GCGAACCCGC CAGCGTTTCG 
-070 AATATTATCT TATCTTTATA ATAATCATTC TCGTTTACGT TATCATTCAC TTTACATCAG AGATATACCA 
0001 atggcgcgtt ccaaaactgc tcagccaaaa cactcactgc gtaaaatcgc agttgtagta gccacagcgg 
0071 ttagcggcat gtctgtttat gcacaggcag cggttgaacc gaaagaagac actatcaccg ttaccgctgc 
0141 acctgcgccg caagaaagcg catgggggcc tgctgcaact attgcggcgc gacagtctgc taccggcact 
0211 aaaaccgata cgccgattca aaaagtgcca cagtctattt ctgttgtgac cgccgaagag atggcgctgc 
0281 atcagccgaa gtcggtaaaa gaagcgctta gctacacgcc gggtgtctct gttggtacgc gtggcgcatc 
0351 caacacctat gaccacctga tcattcgcgg ctttgcggca gaaggccaaa gccagaataa ctatctgaat 
0421 ggcctgaagt tgcagggcaa cttctataac gatgcggtca ttgacccgta tatgctggaa cgcgctgaaa 
0491 ttatgcgtgg cccggtttcc gtgctttacg gtaaaagcag tcctggcggc ctgttgaata tggtcagcaa 
0561 gcgtccgacc accgaaccgc tgaaagaagt tcagtttaaa gccggtactg acagcctgtt ccagactggt 
0631 tttgacttta gcgattcgtt ggatgatgac ggtgtttact cttatcgcct gaccggtctt gcgcgttctg 
0701 ccaatgccca gcagaaaggg tcagaagagc agcgttatgc tattgcaccg gcgttcacct ggcgtccgga 
0771 tgataaaacc aattttacct tcctttctta cttccagaac gagccggaaa ccggttatta cggctggttg 
0841 ccgaaagagg gaaccgttga gccgctgccg aacggtaagc gtctgccgac agactttaat gaaggggcga 
0911 agaacaacac ctattctcgt aatgagaaga tggtcggcta cagcttcgat cacgaattta acgacacctt 
0981 tactgtgcgt cagaacctgc gctttgctga aaacaaaacc tcgcaaaaca gcgtttatgg ttacggcgtc 
1051 tgctccgatc cggcgaatgc ttacagcaaa cagtgtgcgg cattagcgcc agcggataaa ggccattatc 
1121 tggcacgtaa atacgtcgtt gatgatgaga agctgcaaaa cttctccgtt gatacccagt tgcagagcaa 
1191 gtttgccact ggcgatatcg accacaccct gctgaccggt gtcgacttta tgcgtatgcg taatgacatc 
1261 aacgcctggt ttggttacga cgactctgtg ccactgctca atctgtacaa tccggtgaat accgatttcg 
1331 acttcaatgc caaagatccg gcaaactccg gcccttaccg cattctgaat aaacagaaac aaacgggcgt 
1401 ttatgttcag gatcaggcgc agtgggataa agtgctggtc accctaggcg gtcgttatga ctgggcagat 
1471 caagaatctc ttaaccgcgt tgccgggacg accgataaac gtgatgacaa acagtttacc tggcgtggtg 
1541 gtgttaacta cctgtttgat aatggtgtaa caccttactt cagctatagc gaatcgtttg aaccttcttc 
1611 gcaagttggg aaggatggta atattttcgc accgtctaaa ggtaagcagt atgaagtcgg cgtgaaatat 
1681 gtaccggaag atcgtccgat tgtagttact ggtgccgtgt ataatctcac taaaaccaac aacctgatgg 
1751 cggaccctga gggttccttc ttctcggttg aaggtggcga gatccgcgca cgtggcgtag aaatcgaagc 
1821 gaaagcggcg ctgtcggcga gtgttaacgt agtcggttct tatacttaca ccgatgcgga atacaccacc 
1891 gatactacct ataaaggcaa tacgcctgca caggtgccaa aacacatggc ttcgttgtgg gctgactaca 
1961 ccttctttga cggtccgctt tcaggtctga cgctgggcac cggtggtcgt tatactggct ccagttatgg 
2031 tgatccggct aactccttta aagtgggaag ttatacggtc gtggatgcgt tagtacgtta tgatctggcg 
2101 cgagtcggca tggctggctc caacgtggcg ctgcatgtta acaacctgtt cgatcgtgaa tacgtcgcca 
2171 gctgctttaa cacttatggc tgcttctggg gcgcagaacg tcaggtcgtt gcaaccgcaa ccttccgttt 
2241 ctaaTTTCTC TTTTGGGGCA CGGATTTCCG TGCCCATTTC ACAAGTTGGC TGTTATGCAG GAATACACGA 
2311 ATCATTCCGA TACCACTTTT GCACTGCGTA ATAT