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Gene Report : nirB
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
J Gen Microbiol. 1980;120(2):475-83.
Biochemical and genetic characterization of nirB mutants of Escherichia coli K 12 pleiotropically defective in nitrite and sulphite reduction.
Cole JA, Newman BM, White P. ( 6262434 )
     Deletion OCL20 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  nirB
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  nirB   Search strains by all related name:  nirB b3365 ECK3353 JW3328 o847

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name nirB  
 Alternative name b3365,ECK3353,JW3328,o847  
 Location, Length 3,492,033 - 3,494,576 (  +  ) ;   75.26 min ; 2544 (bp) ,   847 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product nitrite reductase, large subunit, NAD(P)H-binding  
 Operon Name nirBDC-cysG  
 Note nitrite reductase (NAD(P)H) subunit; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0009061 - anaerobic respiration  
 Function enzyme; Energy metabolism, carbon: Anaerobic respiration  
 Gene Ontology GO:0005506 ; iron ion binding ( nirB )
GO:0006118 ; electron transport ( nirB )
GO:0008942 ; nitrite reductase [NAD(P)H] activity ( nirB )
GO:0016491 ; oxidoreductase activity ( nirB )
GO:0020037 ; heme binding ( nirB )
GO:0042128 ; nitrate assimilation ( nirB )
GO:0046872 ; metal ion binding ( nirB )
GO:0050660 ; FAD binding ( nirB )
GO:0050661 ; NADP binding ( nirB )
GO:0051536 ; iron-sulfur cluster binding ( nirB )
GO:0051539 ; 4 iron, 4 sulfur cluster binding ( nirB )
 PID 1789765  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
1.7.1.4  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) NIRB_ECOLI ( P08201 )
    -  Protein name Nitrite reductase [NAD(P)H] large subunit  
    -  Synonyms EC 1.7.1.4  
    -  Gene name Name=nirB; OrderedLocusNames=b3365;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   3480.0  –  3505.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP nirB (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Crystal Structure Of Mouse Thioredoxin Reductase Type 2  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Nitrite reductase [NAD  
         PSI-BLAST Nitrite reductase [NAD
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST nitrite reductase, large subunit, NAD(P)H-binding [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    NIR_SIR     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG1251C 
    EcoCyc nirB 

MMBR References
Mol Microbiol. 1992;6(19):2805-13.
Transcriptional control, translation and function of the products of the five open reading frames of the Escherichia coli nir operon.
Harborne NR, Griffiths L, Busby SJ, Cole JA. ( 1435259 )
Biochem J. 1981;193(3):861-7.
Prosthetic groups of the NADH-dependent nitrite reductase from Escherichia coli K12.
Jackson RH, Cornish-Bowden A, Cole JA. ( 7030314 )
J Mol Biol. 1987;196(4):781-8.
Location and sequence of the promoter of the gene for the NADH-dependent nitrite reductase of Escherichia coli and its regulation by oxygen, the Fnr protein and nitrite.
Jayaraman PS, Peakman TC, Busby SJ, Quincey RV, Cole JA. ( 2445993 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1985;200(2):328-34.
Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the cysG and nirB genes of Escherichia coli K12, two closely-linked genes required for NADH-dependent nitrite reductase activity.
Macdonald H, Cole J. ( 2993824 )
J Gen Microbiol. 1985;131(10):2771-82.
Isolation, characterization and complementation analysis of nirB mutants of Escherichia coli deficient only in NADH-dependent nitrite reductase activity.
MacDonald H, Pope NR, Cole JA. ( 3906030 )
Eur J Biochem. 1990;191:315-323
Nucleotide sequence, organisation and structural analysis of the products of genes in the nirB-cysG region of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome.
Peakman, T. C., J. Crouzet, J.-F. Mayaux, S. J. Busby, S. Mohan, N. Harborne, J. C. Wootton, R. Nicolson, and J. A. Cole.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MSKVRLAIIG NGMVGHRFIE DLLDKSDAAN FDITVFCEEP RIAYDRVHLS SYFSHHTAEE LSLVREGFYE 
0071 KHGIKVLVGE RAITINRQEK VIHSSAGRTV FYDKLIMATG SYPWIPPIKG SDTQDCFVYR TIEDLNAIES 
0141 CARRSKRGAV VGGGLLGLEA AGALKNLGIE THVIEFAPML MAEQLDQMGG EQLRRKIESM GVRVHTSKNT 
0211 LEIVQEGVEA RKTMRFADGS ELEVDFIVFS TGIRPRDKLA TQCGLDVAPR GGIVINDSCQ TSDPDIYAIG 
0281 ECASWNNRVF GLVAPGYKMA QVAVDHILGS ENAFEGADLS AKLKLLGVDV GGIGDAHGRT PGARSYVYLD 
0351 ESKEIYKRLI VSEDNKTLLG AVLVGDTSDY GNLLQLVLNA IELPENPDSL ILPAHSGSGK PSIGVDKLPD 
0421 SAQICSCFDV TKGDLIAAIN KGCHTVAALK AETKAGTGCG GCIPLVTQVL NAELAKQGIE VNNNLCEHFA 
0491 YSRQELFHLI RVEGIKTFEE LLAKHGKGYG CEVCKPTVGS LLASCWNEYI LKPEHTPLQD SNDNFLANIQ 
0561 KDGTYSVIPR SPGGEITPEG LMAVGRIARE FNLYTKITGS QRLAMFGAQK DDLPEIWRQL IEAGFETGHA 
0631 YAKALRMAKT CVGSTWCRYG VGDSVGLGVE LENRYKGIRT PHKMKFGVSG CTRECSEAQG KDVGIIATEK 
0701 GWNLYVCGNG GMKPRHADLL AADIDRETLI KYLDRFMMFY IRTADKLTRT APWLENLEGG IDYLKAVIID 
0771 DKLGLNAHLE EEMARLREAV LCEWTETVNT PSAQTRFKHF INSDKRDPNV QMVPEREQHR PATPYERIPV 
0841 TLVEDNA

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             ACCCATTAAG GAGTATATAA AGGTGAATTT 
-070 GATTTACATC AATAAGCGGG GTTGCTGAAT CGTTAAGGTA GGCGGTAATA GAAAAGAAAT CGAGGCAAAA 
0001 atgagcaaag tcagactcgc aattatcggt aacggtatgg tcggccatcg ctttatcgaa gatcttcttg 
0071 ataaatctga tgcggccaac tttgatatta ccgttttctg tgaagaaccg cgcatcgctt atgaccgcgt 
0141 acacctctcg tcttacttct ctcaccacac cgccgaagag ctgtcgctgg tgcgcgaagg cttctacgag 
0211 aaacacggca tcaaagttct ggtcggcgaa cgcgctatca ccatcaaccg tcaggagaag gtgattcact 
0281 ccagcgccgg acgtaccgtt ttttatgaca agctgatcat ggcaaccggt tcctacccgt ggatcccgcc 
0351 aatcaaaggt tctgatactc aggactgctt tgtctatcgc actattgaag acctcaacgc cattgaatcc 
0421 tgcgcccgtc gcagcaaacg cggtgccgtt gttggtggcg gcctgttagg tctggaagcc gcaggcgcgc 
0491 tgaaaaactt aggtattgaa acccacgtta tcgaatttgc ccctatgctg atggcagaac agcttgatca 
0561 gatgggcggc gagcagctgc gtcgcaaaat cgaaagtatg ggcgtgcgcg ttcacaccag caaaaacacc 
0631 cttgagattg tgcaggaagg tgttgaagcg cgtaaaacca tgcgttttgc cgacggcagc gaactggaag 
0701 tcgactttat cgtcttctct accggtatcc gtccgcgcga taagctggca acccagtgtg gtctggacgt 
0771 tgctccgcgt gggggtattg tcattaatga ttcctgccag acttccgatc cggatatcta cgccatcggt 
0841 gaatgcgcaa gctggaacaa ccgtgtattt ggtctggtag cacctggcta caaaatggcg caggtcgccg 
0911 ttgaccatat tctcggtagc gaaaacgcct ttgaaggtgc tgaccttagc gccaagctga aactgctggg 
0981 cgtagacgta ggcggtattg gtgatgcgca cggtcgcacg cctggcgcac gtagctacgt ttacctcgac 
1051 gaaagtaaag agatctacaa acgcctgatt gtcagcgaag acaacaaaac cctgctcggt gcggtactgg 
1121 tgggcgatac cagcgactac ggtaacctgc tgcaactggt gctgaacgct atcgaactgc cggaaaaccc 
1191 ggattccctg atcctgccag cacactcggg tagcggcaag ccgtctatcg gtgttgataa actgccggac 
1261 agcgcgcaaa tctgctcctg cttcgacgtc accaaaggtg atctgattgc tgccatcaac aaaggctgcc 
1331 acacagttgc ggcgctgaaa gctgaaacca aagcgggtac tggctgcggt ggctgtatcc cgctggtcac 
1401 tcaggtactg aacgcggaac tggcgaaaca gggcatcgaa gttaacaaca acctgtgcga acactttgct 
1471 tattcgcgtc aggaactgtt ccatttgatc cgcgttgaag gcattaaaac cttcgaagaa ctgctggcga 
1541 aacacggcaa aggctacggt tgtgaagttt gtaaaccaac cgtcggttcg ctgctggcct cctgctggaa 
1611 cgaatacatt ctgaagccgg aacatactcc gctgcaggat tctaacgaca acttcctcgc taacatccag 
1681 aaagacggca cctactcggt gatcccgcgt tctccgggcg gtgaaatcac cccggaaggg ctgatggcgg 
1751 taggtcgtat cgcgcgtgaa tttaatctct acaccaagat cactggctcc cagcgtctgg cgatgtttgg 
1821 cgcacagaaa gacgatctgc cggagatctg gcgtcagctg attgaagccg gcttcgaaac cggtcatgcc 
1891 tatgcgaaag cactgcgtat ggcgaaaacc tgcgtgggta gcacctggtg ccgctacggc gttggcgaca 
1961 gcgtcggcct cggcgtggaa ctggaaaacc gctacaaagg catccgtacg ccgcacaaaa tgaagttcgg 
2031 tgtctccggc tgtacccgtg aatgttcaga agctcagggt aaagacgtgg gtattatcgc cactgaaaaa 
2101 ggctggaacc tgtatgtttg cggtaacggc ggcatgaaac cgcgtcatgc ggatctgctg gcggcggata 
2171 tcgatcgcga aacgctgatc aaatatctcg accgcttcat gatgttctac atccgtactg ccgacaaact 
2241 gacgcgtacc gcaccgtggt tagaaaacct cgaaggcggc atcgattacc tgaaagcagt gatcattgac 
2311 gacaaactgg ggctgaacgc acatctggaa gaagagatgg cgcgcctgcg tgaagcggta ctgtgtgagt 
2381 ggactgaaac ggtcaatacg ccgtctgcgc agactcgctt caaacacttc atcaacagcg acaagcgtga 
2451 cccgaacgtg cagatggtgc cagagcgcga acagcaccgt ccggcaacgc cgtatgaacg tatcccagta 
2521 actctggtgg aggacaacgc atgaGCCAGT GGAAAGACAT CTGCAAAATC GATGACATCC TGCCTGAAAC 
2591 CGGCGTCTGC GCGCTGTTAG GTGACGAGCA GGTCGCGATT TTCCGCCCGT ATCA