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Gene Report : tauA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
J Bacteriol. 1996;178(18):5438-46.
Identification of sulfate starvation-regulated genes in Escherichia coli: a gene cluster involved in the utilization of taurine as a sulfur source.
van der Ploeg JR, Weiss MA, Saller E, Nashimoto H, Saito N, Kertesz MA, Leisinger T. ( 8808933 )
     Deletion 9-1 (LD)  ,  OCR36,37-6 (LD 9C::Ap) (D)  ,  OCR37 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  tauA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  tauA   Search strains by all related name:  tauA b0365 ECK0362 JW0357 o339 ssiA yaiR

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name tauA  
 Alternative name b0365,ECK0362,JW0357,o339,ssiA,yaiR  
 Location, Length 384,456 - 385,418 (  +  ) ;   8.29 min ; 963 (bp) ,   320 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product taurine transporter subunit  
 Operon Name tauABCD  
 Note taurine transport system periplasmic protein; GO_component: GO:0042597 - periplasmic space; GO_process: GO:0006790 - sulfur metabolic process; GO_process: GO:0009310 - amine catabolic process  
 Function transport; Transport of small molecules: Amino acids, amines  
 Gene Ontology GO:0005215 ; transporter activity ( tauA )
GO:0005488 ; binding ( tauA )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( tauA )
GO:0006810 ; transport ( tauA )
GO:0030288 ; outer membrane-bounded periplasmic space ( tauA )
GO:0042597 ; periplasmic space ( tauA )
 PID 87081727  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene tauA ( EG13300 )  
    Number of removed 22 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) TAUA_ECOLI ( Q47537 ; P77630 )
    -  Protein name Taurine-binding periplasmic protein precursor  
    -  Synonyms Sulfate starvation- induced protein 1, SSI1  
    -  Gene name Name=tauA; Synonyms=ssiA; OrderedLocusNames=b0365;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   375.0  –  400.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP tauA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST unnamed protein product [Synechocystis sp.]  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Taurine-binding periplasmic protein precursor  
         PSI-BLAST Taurine-binding periplasmic protein precursor
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST substrate-binding protein [Escherichia coli]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    RGD     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG4521P 
    EcoCyc tauA 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1996;178:5438-5446
Identification of sulfate starvation-regulated genes in Escherichia coli: a gene cluster involved in the utilization of taurine as a sulfur source.
van der Ploeg, J. R., M. A. Weiss, E. Saller, H. Nashimoto, N. Saito, M. X. Kertesz, and T. Leisinger.
J Bacteriol. 1997;179:7671-7678
Involvement of CysB and Cbl regulatory proteins in expression of the tauABCD operon and other sulfate starvation-inducible genes in Escherichia coli.
van der Ploeg, J. R., R. Iwanicka-Nowicka, M. A. Kertesz, T. Leisinger, and M. M. Hryniewicz.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MAISSRNTLL AALAFIAFQA QAVNVTVAYQ TSAEPAKVAQ ADNTFAKESG ATVDWRKFDS GASIVRALAS 
0071 GDVQIGNLGS SPLAVAASQQ VPIEVFLLAS KLGNSEALVV KKTISKPEDL IGKRIAVPFI STTHYSLLAA 
0141 LKHWGIKPGQ VEIVNLQPPA IIAAWQRGDI DGAYVWAPAV NALEKDGKVL TDSEQVGQWG APTLDVWVVR 
0211 KDFAEKHPEV VKAFAKSAID AQQPYIANPD VWLKQPENIS KLARLSGVPE GDVPGLVKGN TYLTPQQQTA 
0281 ELTGPVNKAI IDTAQFLKEQ GKVPAVANDY SQYVTSRFVQ 

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             GCTAAGAATA AAATCATCTG TGCGATAACG 
-070 ACTAATTCTT TTAATGAATG TTTTTATTCC TGAATACTGC TCCCATAACA AGACAGGGGA GCAGACAATC 
0001 atggcaattt catcgcgtaa cacacttctt gccgcactgg cattcatcgc ttttcaggca caggcggtga 
0071 acgtcaccgt ggcgtatcaa acctcagccg aaccggcgaa agtggctcag gccgacaaca cctttgctaa 
0141 agaaagcgga gcaaccgtgg actggcgtaa gtttgacagc ggagccagca tcgtgcgggc gctggcttca 
0211 ggcgacgtgc aaatcggcaa cctcggttcc agcccgttag cggttgcagc cagccaacag gtgccgattg 
0281 aagtcttctt gctggcgtca aaactgggta actccgaagc gctggtggta aagaaaacta tcagcaaacc 
0351 ggaagatctg attggcaaac gcatcgccgt accgtttatc tccaccaccc actacagcct gctggcggca 
0421 ctgaaacact ggggcattaa acccgggcaa gtggagattg tgaacctgca gccgcccgcg attatcgctg 
0491 cctggcagcg gggagatatt gatggtgctt atgtctgggc accggcggtt aacgccctgg aaaaagacgg 
0561 caaggtgttg accgattctg aacaggtcgg gcagtggggc gcgccaacgc tggacgtctg ggtggtgcgc 
0631 aaagattttg ccgagaaaca tcctgaggtc gtgaaagcgt tcgctaaaag cgccatcgat gctcagcaac 
0701 cgtacattgc taacccagac gtgtggctga aacagccgga aaacatcagc aaactggcgc gtttaagcgg 
0771 cgtgcctgaa ggtgacgttc cggggctggt gaaggggaat acctatctga cgccgcagca acaaacggca 
0841 gaactgaccg gaccggtgaa caaagcgatc atcgacaccg cgcagttttt gaaagagcag ggcaaggtcc 
0911 cggctgtagc gaatgattac agccagtacg ttacctcgcg cttcgtgcaa taaAAGGAGG CGCAGATGCT 
0981 GCAAATCTCT CATCTTTACG CCGATTATGG CGGCAAACCG GCACTGGAAG ATATCAACCT GACGCTGGAA 
1051 AGCGGCGAGC TAC