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Gene Report : pyrE
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 OCL07 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  pyrE
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  pyrE   Search strains by all related name:  pyrE b3642 ECK3632 f213 JW3617

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name pyrE  
 Alternative name b3642,ECK3632,f213,JW3617  
 Location, Length 3,813,150 - 3,813,791 (  -  ) ;   82.19 min ; 642 (bp) ,   213 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product orotate phosphoribosyltransferase  
 Operon Name rph-pyrE  
 Note GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_process: GO:0006221 - pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Pyrimidine ribonucleotide biosynthesis  
 Gene Ontology GO:0000287 ; magnesium ion binding ( pyrE )
GO:0004588 ; orotate phosphoribosyltransferase activity ( pyrE )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( pyrE )
GO:0006221 ; pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthetic process ( pyrE )
GO:0009116 ; nucleoside metabolic process ( pyrE )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( pyrE )
GO:0016757 ; transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups ( pyrE )
 PID 1790073  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.4.2.10  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene pyrE ( EG10808 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 1 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) PYRE_ECOLI ( P00495 )
    -  Protein name Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.4.2.10, OPRT, OPRTase  
    -  Gene name Name=pyrE; OrderedLocusNames=b3642, c4466;  

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View Location
   3800.0  –  3825.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP pyrE (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain , Mol_id: 1; Molecule: Orotate Phosphoribosyltransferase; Chain: Null; Synonym: Oprtase; Ec: 2.4.2.10; Engineered: Yes  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (OPRT) (OPRTase)  
         PSI-BLAST Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST orotate phosphoribosyltransferase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    PUR_PYR_PR_TRANSFER     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0461F 
    EcoCyc pyrE 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1993;175:3401-3407
The Escherichia coli K-12 "wild types" W3110 and MG1655 have an rph frameshift mutation that leads to pyrimidine starvation due to low pyrE expression levels.
Jensen, K. F.
EMBO J. 1984;3:1783-1790
Structure of the Escherichia coli pyrE operon and control of pyrE expression by a UTP modulated intercistronic attenuation.
Poulsen, P., F. Bonekamp, and K. F. Jensen.
Mol Microbiol. 1989;3(3):393-404.
Molecular and mutational analysis of three genes preceding pyrE on the Escherichia coli chromosome.
Poulsen P, Andersen JT, Jensen KF. ( 2664418 )
Res Microbiol. 1991;142(2-3):283-8.
Three genes preceding pyrE on the Escherichia coli chromosome are essential for survival and normal cell morphology in stationary culture and at high temperature.
Poulsen P, Jensen KF. ( 1925027 )
Eur J Biochem. 1983;135:223-229
Nucleotide sequence of the Escherichia coli pyrE gene and of the DNA in front of the protein-coding region.
Poulsen, P., K. F. Jensen, P. Valentin-Hansen, P. Carlsson, and L. G. Lundberg.
Gene. 1980;9(3-4):321-36.
Cloning of the dut (deoxyuridine triphosphatase) gene of Escherichia coli.
Taylor AF, Siliciano PG, Weiss B. ( 6104620 )
Eur J Biochem. 1992;206:381-390
Attenuation in the rph-pyrE operon of Escherichia coli and processing of the dicistronic mRNA.
Andersen, J. T., P. Poulsen, and K. F. Jensen.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKPYQRQFIE FALSKQVLKF GEFTLKSGRK SPYFFNAGLF NTGRDLALLG RFYAEALVDS GIEFDLLFGP 
0071 AYKGIPIATT TAVALAEHHD LDLPYCFNRK EAKDHGEGGN LVGSALQGRV MLVDDVITAG TAIRESMEII 
0141 QANGATLAGV LISLDRQERG RGEISAIQEV ERDYNCKVIS IITLKDLIAY LEEKPEMAEH LAAVKAYREE 
0211 FGV

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             ttgtagcgac gcagaaggcg gcgctggcaa 
-070 actgattttt aaggcgactg atgagtcgcc ttttttttgt ctgtagaaaa gtaagatgag gagcgaaggc 
0001 atgaaaccat atcagcgcca gtttattgaa tttgcgctta gcaagcaggt gttaaagttt ggcgagttta 
0071 cgctgaaatc cgggcgcaaa agcccctatt tcttcaacgc cgggctgttt aataccgggc gcgatctggc 
0141 actgttaggc cgtttttacg ctgaagcgtt ggtggattcc ggcattgagt tcgatctgct gtttggccct 
0211 gcttacaaag ggatcccgat tgccaccaca accgctgtgg cactggcgga gcatcacgac ctggacctgc 
0281 cgtactgctt taaccgcaaa gaagcaaaag accacggtga aggcggcaat ctggttggta gcgcgttaca 
0351 aggacgcgta atgctggtag atgatgtgat caccgccgga acggcgattc gcgagtcgat ggagattatt 
0421 caggccaatg gcgcgacgct tgctggcgtg ttgatttcgc tcgatcgtca ggaacgcggg cgcggcgaga 
0491 tttcggcgat tcaggaagtt gagcgtgatt acaactgcaa agtgatctct atcatcaccc tgaaagacct 
0561 gattgcttac ctggaagaga agccggaaat ggcggaacat ctggcggcgg ttaaggccta tcgcgaagag 
0631 tttggcgttt aaagaaactc gccggatgaa aagtcatccg gcgtcatatt actgcaactg tgccgcaatt 
0701 agcggccagc gggcgtcaaa atcatccgtc gggcggtatt ta