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Gene Report : metK
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Edition. ASM Press. 1996
Neidhart, F.C.
Mol Microbiol. 2002;43(6):1651-6.
Studies on the role of the metK gene product of Escherichia coli K-12.
Wei Y, Newman EB. ( 11952912 )
     Deletion OCL39 (D)  ,  OCL39-10-2 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  metK
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  metK   Search strains by all related name:  metK b2942 ECK2937 JW2909 metX

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name metK  
 Alternative name b2942,ECK2937,JW2909,metX  
 Location, Length 3,084,728 - 3,085,882 (  +  ) ;   66.49 min ; 1155 (bp) ,   384 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product S-adenosylmethionine synthetase  
 Operon Name metK  
 Note methionine adenosyltransferase 1 (AdoMet synthetase); methyl and propylamine donor, corepressor of met genes; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0006556 - S-adenosylmethionine biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Central intermediary metabolism: Pool, multipurpose conversions  
 Gene Ontology GO:0000166 ; nucleotide binding ( metK )
GO:0000287 ; magnesium ion binding ( metK )
GO:0004478 ; methionine adenosyltransferase activity ( metK )
GO:0005524 ; ATP binding ( metK )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( metK )
GO:0006730 ; one-carbon compound metabolic process ( metK )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( metK )
GO:0030955 ; potassium ion binding ( metK )
GO:0046872 ; metal ion binding ( metK )
GO:0050897 ; cobalt ion binding ( metK )
 PID 1789311  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.5.1.6  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene metK ( EG10589 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) METK_ECOLI ( P04384 ; P30869 )
    -  Protein name S-adenosylmethionine synthetase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.5.1.6, Methionine adenosyltransferase, AdoMet synthetase, MAT  
    -  Gene name OrderedLocusNames=b2942, c3528, z4287, ECs3818, SF2933, S3137;  

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View Location
   3075.0  –  3100.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP metK (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain , Mol_id: 1; Molecule: S-Adenosylmethionine Synthetase; Chain: Null; Synonym: Mat, Atp:l-Methionine S-Adenosyltransferase; Ec: 2.5.1.6; Biological_unit: Homotetramer  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST S-adenosylmethionine synthetase (Methionine adenosyltransferase) (AdoMet synthetase) (MAT)  
         PSI-BLAST S-adenosylmethionine synthetase (Methionine adenosyltransferase) (AdoMet synthetase) (MAT)
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST S-adenosylmethionine synthetase [Escherichia coli CFT073]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    ADOMET_SYNTHETASE_1    ADOMET_SYNTHETASE_2     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0192H 
    EcoCyc metK 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1973;115(1):57-67.
Properties of metK mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.
Greene RC, Hunter JS, Coch EH. ( 4577753 )
J Bacteriol. 1977;132(3):832-40.
Isolation of a metK mutant with a temperature-sensitive S-adenosylmethionine synthetase.
Hafner EW, Tabor CW, Tabor H. ( 336609 )
Genet Res. 1979;33(1):49-55.
Glutamyl-gamma-methyl ester acts as a methionine analogue in Escherichia coli: analogue resistant mutants map at the metJ and metK loci.
Kraus J, Soll D, Low KB. ( 383574 )
J Biol Chem. 1984;259:14505-14507
The sequence of metK, the structural gene for S-adenosylmethionine synthetase in Escherichia coli.
Markham, G. D., J. DeParasis, and J. Gatmaitan.
J Bacteriol. 1990;172(8):4489-96.
Novel Escherichia coli K-12 mutants impaired in S-adenosylmethionine synthesis.
Satishchandran C, Taylor JC, Markham GD. ( 2115868 )
Gene. 1984;30(1-3):129-36.
Expression of the cloned genes encoding the putrescine biosynthetic enzymes and methionine adenosyltransferase of Escherichia coli (speA, speB, speC and metK).
Boyle SM, Markham GD, Hafner EW, Wright JM, Tabor H, Tabor CW. ( 6392022 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MAKHLFTSES VSEGHPDKIA DQISDAVLDA ILEQDPKARV ACETYVKTGM VLVGGEITTS AWVDIEEITR 
0071 NTVREIGYVH SDMGFDANSC AVLSAIGKQS PDINQGVDRA DPLEQGAGDQ GLMFGYATNE TDVLMPAPIT 
0141 YAHRLVQRQA EVRKNGTLPW LRPDAKSQVT FQYDDGKIVG IDAVVLSTQH SEEIDQKSLQ EAVMEEIIKP 
0211 ILPAEWLTSA TKFFINPTGR FVIGGPMGDC GLTGRKIIVD TYGGMARHGG GAFSGKDPSK VDRSAAYAAR 
0281 YVAKNIVAAG LADRCEIQVS YAIGVAEPTS IMVETFGTEK VPSEQLTLLV REFFDLRPYG LIQMLDLLHP 
0351 IYKETAAYGH FGREHFPWEK TDKAQLLRDA AGLK

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             GCCAGTGTTT TTAACCTGCA GAGTCGTGGT 
-070 AGGATCCGCT ACCACAGAAA ATCCACACAA CAGTTTGAGC TAACCAAATT CTCTTTAGGT GATATTAAAT 
0001 atggcaaaac acctttttac gtccgagtcc gtctctgaag ggcatcctga caaaattgct gaccaaattt 
0071 ctgatgccgt tttagacgcg atcctcgaac aggatccgaa agcacgcgtt gcttgcgaaa cctacgtaaa 
0141 aaccggcatg gttttagttg gcggcgaaat caccaccagc gcctgggtag acatcgaaga gatcacccgt 
0211 aacaccgttc gcgaaattgg ctatgtgcat tccgacatgg gctttgacgc taactcctgt gcggttctga 
0281 gcgctatcgg caaacagtct cctgacatca accagggcgt tgaccgtgcc gatccgctgg aacagggcgc 
0351 gggtgaccag ggtctgatgt ttggctacgc aactaatgaa accgacgtgc tgatgccagc acctatcacc 
0421 tatgcacacc gtctggtaca gcgtcaggct gaagtgcgta aaaacggcac tctgccgtgg ctgcgcccgg 
0491 acgcgaaaag ccaggtgact tttcagtatg acgacggcaa aatcgttggt atcgatgctg tcgtgctttc 
0561 cactcagcac tctgaagaga tcgaccagaa atcgctgcaa gaagcggtaa tggaagagat catcaagcca 
0631 attctgcccg ctgaatggct gacttctgcc accaaattct tcatcaaccc gaccggtcgt ttcgttatcg 
0701 gtggcccaat gggtgactgc ggtctgactg gtcgtaaaat tatcgttgat acctacggcg gcatggcgcg 
0771 tcacggtggc ggtgcattct ctggtaaaga tccatcaaaa gtggaccgtt ccgcagccta cgcagcacgt 
0841 tatgtcgcga aaaacatcgt tgctgctggc ctggccgatc gttgtgaaat tcaggtttcc tacgcaatcg 
0911 gcgtggctga accgacctcc atcatggtag aaactttcgg tactgagaaa gtgccttctg aacaactgac 
0981 cctgctggta cgtgagttct tcgacctgcg cccatacggt ctgattcaga tgctggatct gctgcacccg 
1051 atctacaaag aaaccgcagc atacggtcac tttggtcgtg aacatttccc gtgggaaaaa accgacaaag 
1121 cgcagctgct gcgcgatgct gccggtctga agtaaTCTTT CTTCACCTGC GTTCAAAGGC CAGCCTCGCG 
1191 CTGGCCTTTT TCTTTTGGAT AGGCGTTCAC GCCGCATCCG GCAAAAAAAC CGCCCGCACA ATAAC