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Gene Report : dam
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Edition. ASM Press. 1996
Neidhart, F.C.
     Deletion OCL19,20-1 (D)  ,  OCL19,20-2 (D)  ,  OCL19,20-3 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  dam
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  dam   Search strains by all related name:  dam b3387 ECK3374 f278 JW3350

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name dam  
 Alternative name b3387,ECK3374,f278,JW3350  
 Location, Length 3,513,099 - 3,513,935 (  -  ) ;   75.72 min ; 837 (bp) ,   278 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product DNA adenine methyltransferase  
 Operon Name aroKB-damX-dam-rpe-gph-trpS  
 Note GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0006306 - DNA methylation  
 Function enzyme; DNA - replication, repair,restriction/modification  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003676 ; nucleic acid binding ( dam )
GO:0003677 ; DNA binding ( dam )
GO:0006260 ; DNA replication ( dam )
GO:0006306 ; DNA methylation ( dam )
GO:0008168 ; methyltransferase activity ( dam )
GO:0009007 ; site-specific DNA-methyltransferase (adenine-specific) activity ( dam )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( dam )
GO:0032259 ; methylation ( dam )
 PID 1789789  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.1.1.72  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 1 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) DMA_ECOLI ( P00475 )
    -  Protein name DNA adenine methylase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.1.1.72, Deoxyadenosyl-methyltransferase, DNA adenine methyltransferase, M.EcoDam  
    -  Gene name Name=dam; OrderedLocusNames=b3387, z4740, ECs4229;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   3500.0  –  3525.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP dam (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Structure Of E. Coli Dna Adenine Methyltransferase (Dam)  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST DNA adenine methylase (Deoxyadenosyl-methyltransferase) (DNA adenine methyltransferase)  
         PSI-BLAST DNA adenine methylase (Deoxyadenosyl-methyltransferase) (DNA adenine methyltransferase)
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST DNA adenine methylase [Escherichia coli O157:H7 EDL933]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    N6_MTASE     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0338L 
    EcoCyc dam 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1983;153(1):562-5.
Phenotypic reversal in dam mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 by a recombinant plasmid containing the dam+ gene.
Arraj JA, Marinus MG. ( 6336742 )
J Bacteriol. 1981;148(3):941-9.
Cloning and characterization of the gene for Escherichia coli tryptophanyl-transfer ribonucleic acid synthetase.
Hall CV, Yanofsky C. ( 6171561 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1980;178(2):309-15.
Isolation and characterization of Dam+ revertants and suppressor mutations that modify secondary phenotypes of dam-3 strains of Escherichia coli K-12.
McGraw BR, Marinus MG. ( 6993844 )
J Bacteriol. 1993;175:7505-7508
Analysis of the genetic requirements for viability of Escherichia coli K-12 DNA adenine methylase (dam) mutants.
Peterson, K. R., and D. W. Mount.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1983;11:837-851
The isolation and characterization of the Escherichia coli DNA adenine methylase (dam) gene.
Brooks, J. E., R. M. Blumenthal, and T. R. Gingeras.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKKNRAFLKW AGGKYPLLDD IKRHLPKGEC LVEPFVGAGS VFLNTDFSRY ILADINSDLI SLYNIVKMRT 
0071 DEYVQAAREL FVPETNCAEV YYQFREEFNK SQDPFRRAVL FLYLNRYGYN GLCRYNLRGE FNVPFGRYKK 
0141 PYFPEAELYH FAEKAQNAFF YCESYADSMA RADDASVVYC DPPYAPLSAT ANFTAYHTNS FTLEQQAHLA 
0211 EIAEGLVERH IPVLISNHDT MLTREWYQRA KLHVVKVRRS ISSNGGTRKK VDELLALYKP GVVSPAKK

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             ttatctcccg caatggttta tcgttgcggg 
-070 agttgcctga agcgctggat gctgtcggag ctttctccac agccggagaa ggtgtaatta gttagtcagc 
0001 atgaagaaaa atcgcgcttt tttgaagtgg gcagggggca agtatcccct gcttgatgat attaaacggc 
0071 atttgcccaa gggcgaatgt ctggttgagc cttttgtagg tgccgggtcg gtgtttctca acaccgactt 
0141 ttctcgttat atccttgccg atatcaatag cgacctgatc agtctctata acattgtgaa gatgcgtact 
0211 gatgagtacg tacaggccgc acgcgagctg tttgttcccg aaacaaattg cgccgaggtt tactatcagt 
0281 tccgcgaaga gttcaacaaa agccaggatc cgttccgtcg ggcggtactg tttttatatt tgaaccgcta 
0351 cggttacaac ggcctgtgtc gttacaatct gcgcggtgag tttaacgtgc cgttcggccg ctacaaaaaa 
0421 ccctatttcc cggaagcaga gttgtatcac ttcgctgaaa aagcgcagaa tgcctttttc tattgtgagt 
0491 cttacgccga tagcatggcg cgcgcagatg atgcatccgt cgtctattgc gatccgcctt atgcaccgct 
0561 gtctgcgacc gccaacttta cggcgtatca cacaaacagt tttacgcttg aacaacaagc gcatctggcg 
0631 gagatcgccg aaggtctggt tgagcgccat attccagtgc tgatctccaa tcacgatacg atgttaacgc 
0701 gtgagtggta tcagcgcgca aaattgcatg tcgtcaaagt tcgacgcagt ataagcagca acggcggcac 
0771 acgtaaaaag gtggacgaac tgctggcttt gtacaaacca ggagtcgttt cacccgcgaa aaaataattc 
0841 tcaaggagaa gcggatgaaa cagtatttga ttgccccctc aattctgtcg gctgattttg cccgcctggg 
0911 tgaagatacc gcaaaagccc tggcagc