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Gene Report : bfr
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
J Bacteriol. 1999;181(5):1415-28.
Ferritin mutants of Escherichia coli are iron deficient and growth impaired, and fur mutants are iron deficient.
Abdul-Tehrani H, Hudson AJ, Chang YS, Timms AR, Hawkins C, Williams JM, Harrison PM, Guest JR, Andrews SC. ( 10049371 )
     Deletion OCL22 (D)  ,  OCL22-2 (D)  ,  OCL22-6 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  bfr
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  bfr   Search strains by all related name:  bfr b3336 ECK3323 f158 JW3298

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name bfr  
 Alternative name b3336,ECK3323,f158,JW3298  
 Location, Length 3,464,271 - 3,464,747 (  -  ) ;   74.67 min ; 477 (bp) ,   158 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product bacterioferritin, iron storage and detoxification protein  
 Operon Name bfd-bfr  
 Note bacterioferrin, an iron storage homoprotein; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0006826 - iron ion transport  
 Function carrier; Transport of small molecules: Cations  
 Gene Ontology GO:0005488 ; binding ( bfr )
GO:0005506 ; iron ion binding ( bfr )
GO:0005624 ; membrane fraction ( bfr )
GO:0006826 ; iron ion transport ( bfr )
GO:0006879 ; cellular iron ion homeostasis ( bfr )
GO:0008199 ; ferric iron binding ( bfr )
GO:0016491 ; oxidoreductase activity ( bfr )
GO:0046872 ; metal ion binding ( bfr )
GO:0046914 ; transition metal ion binding ( bfr )
 PID 1789733  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene bfr ( EG10113 )  
    Number of removed 0 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) BFR_ECOLI ( P11056 ; O68931 )
    -  Protein name Bacterioferritin  
    -  Synonyms BFR, Cytochrome B-1, Cytochrome B-557  
    -  Gene name Name=bfr; OrderedLocusNames=b3336, c4107;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   3455.0  –  3480.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP bfr (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Bacterioferritin (Cytochrome B1)  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Bacterioferritin (BFR) (Cytochrome b-1) (Cytochrome b-557)  
         PSI-BLAST Ferritin, mitochondrial precursor
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST bacterioferritin, iron storage and detoxification protein [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    BACTERIOFERRITIN     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG2193P 
    EcoCyc bfr 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1989;171(7):3940-7.
Cloning, sequencing, and mapping of the bacterioferritin gene (bfr) of Escherichia coli K-12.
Andrews SC, Harrison PM, Guest JR. ( 2661540 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKGDTKVINY LNKLLGNELV AINQYFLHAR MFKNWGLKRL NDVEYHESID EMKHADRYIE RILFLEGLPN 
0071 LQDLGKLNIG EDVEEMLRSD LALELDGAKN LREAIGYADS VHDYVSRDMM IEILRDEEGH IDWLETELDL 
0141 IQKMGLQNYL QAQIREEG

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             agctgccgga gtttaaggag tccgcataaa 
-070 cggagtgtgt tttttgactt actcgtaagc cgttctactc ttcaaagagt ggaagcgaag gagtcaaaaa 
0001 atgaaaggtg atactaaagt tataaattat ctcaacaaac tgttgggaaa tgagcttgtc gcaatcaatc 
0071 agtactttct ccatgcccga atgtttaaaa actggggtct caaacgtctc aatgatgtgg agtatcatga 
0141 atccattgat gagatgaaac acgccgatcg ttatattgag cgcattcttt ttctggaagg tcttccaaac 
0211 ttacaggacc tgggcaaact gaacattggt gaagatgttg aggaaatgct gcgttctgat ctggcacttg 
0281 agctggatgg cgcgaagaat ttgcgtgagg caattggtta tgccgatagc gttcatgatt acgtcagccg 
0351 cgatatgatg atagaaattt tgcgtgatga agaaggccat atcgactggc tggaaacgga acttgatctg 
0421 attcagaaga tgggcctgca aaattatctg caagcacaga tccgcgaaga aggttgagcc gtgtcgggag 
0491 ggagaaccct cccggttaat aagagatcca ggccagatac cccaggttta tcatgctgcc gagcgcaagc 
0561 cacgggccga atgcgat