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Gene Report : hemH
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
Mol Gen Genet. 1997;255(4):376-81.
Effects of starvation for heme on the synthesis of porphyrins in Escherichia coli.
Nakayashiki T, Inokuchi H. ( 9267433 )
     Deletion OCR42 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  hemH
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  hemH   Search strains by all related name:  hemH b0475 ECK0469 JW0464 popA visA

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name hemH  
 Alternative name b0475,ECK0469,JW0464,popA,visA  
 Location, Length 497,279 - 498,241 (  +  ) ;   10.72 min ; 963 (bp) ,   320 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product ferrochelatase  
 Operon Name hemH  
 Note ferrochelatase: final enzyme of heme biosynthesis  
 Function enzyme; Biosynthesis of cofactors, carriers: Heme, porphyrin  
 Gene Ontology GO:0004325 ; ferrochelatase activity ( hemH )
GO:0005506 ; iron ion binding ( hemH )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( hemH )
GO:0006779 ; porphyrin biosynthetic process ( hemH )
GO:0006783 ; heme biosynthetic process ( hemH )
GO:0016829 ; lyase activity ( hemH )
GO:0046872 ; metal ion binding ( hemH )
 PID 1786681  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
4.99.1.1  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene hemH ( EG10431 )  
    Number of removed 0 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) HEMZ_ECOLI ( P23871 ; P78232 )
    -  Protein name Ferrochelatase  
    -  Synonyms EC 4.99.1.1, Protoheme ferro-lyase, Heme synthetase  
    -  Gene name Name=hemH; Synonyms=popA, visA; OrderedLocusNames=b0475;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   485.0  –  510.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP hemH (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Crystal Structure Of Human Ferrochelatase  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Ferrochelatase  
         PSI-BLAST Ferrochelatase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST ferrochelatase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    FERROCHELATASE     

Other Cross-Reference
    EcoCyc hemH 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1993;175:2154-2156
The Escherichia coli visA gene encodes ferrochelatase, the final enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway.
Frustaci, J. M., and M. R. O'Brian.
J Mol Biol. 1991;219(3):393-8.
Isolation and characterization of visible light-sensitive mutants of Escherichia coli K12.
Miyamoto K, Nakahigashi K, Nishimura K, Inokuchi H. ( 2051480 )
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:7352-7359
Isolation and characterization of a light-sensitive mutant of Escherichia coli K-12 with a mutation in a gene that is required for the biosynthesis of ubiquinone.
Nakahigashi, K., K. Miyamoto, K. Nishimura, and H. Inokuchi.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991;88:10520-10524
Photosensitivity of a protoporphyrin-accumulating, light-sensitive mutant (visA) of Escherichia coli K-12.
Nakahigashi, K., K. Nishimura, K. Miyamoto, and H. Inokuchi.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MRQTKTGILL ANLGTPDAPT PEAVKRYLKQ FLSDRRVVDT SRLLWWPLLR GVILPLRSPR VAKLYASVWM 
0071 EGGSPLMVYS RQQQQALAQR LPEMPVALGM SYGSPSLESA VDELLAEHVD HIVVLPLYPQ FSCSTVGAVW 
0141 DELARILARK RSIPGISFIR DYADNHDYIN ALANSVRASF AKHGEPDLLL LSYHGIPQRY ADEGDDYPQR 
0211 CRTTTRELAS ALGMAPEKVM MTFQSRFGRE PWLMPYTDET LKMLGEKGVG HIQVMCPGFA ADCLETLEEI 
0281 AEQNREVFLG AGGKKYEYIP ALNATPEHIE MMANLVAAYR 

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             GCGCTATTCC TTTTTCTGAT TTGACCTCTC 
-070 ACAGCAATTA GTTCTTCTTC CTCACTTTTC CGCTACAATT ATCAACAAGT TGAATCGATA AGAGGCGGTA 
0001 atgcgtcaga ctaaaaccgg tatcctgctg gcaaacctgg gtacgcccga tgcccccaca cctgaagcgg 
0071 taaaacgcta tctgaaacaa tttttaagcg acagacgcgt ggttgatacc tcacggttgt tatggtggcc 
0141 attgctgcgc ggcgtgattt tgccgctgcg ctcgccgcgt gtggcgaagc tgtatgcctc tgtctggatg 
0211 gaaggtggct cgccgctgat ggtttacagc cgccagcaac agcaggcgct ggcacaacgt ttaccggaga 
0281 tgcccgtagc gctgggaatg agctacggct cgccatcact ggaaagcgcc gtagatgaac tcctggcaga 
0351 gcatgtagat catattgtgg tgctgccgct ttatccgcaa ttctcctgtt ctacggtcgg tgcggtatgg 
0421 gatgaactgg cacgcattct ggcgcgcaaa cgtagcattc cggggatatc gtttatacgt gattacgccg 
0491 ataaccacga ttacattaat gcactggcga acagcgtacg cgcttctttt gccaaacatg gcgaaccgga 
0561 tctgctactg ctctcttatc atggcattcc ccagcgttat gcagatgaag gcgatgatta cccgcaacgt 
0631 tgccgcacaa cgactcgtga actggcttcc gcattgggga tggcaccgga aaaagtgatg atgacctttc 
0701 agtcgcgctt tggtcgggaa ccctggctga tgccttatac cgacgaaacg ctgaaaatgc tcggagaaaa 
0771 aggcgtaggt catattcagg tgatgtgccc gggctttgct gcggattgtc tggagacgct ggaagagatt 
0841 gccgagcaaa accgtgaggt cttcctcggt gccggcggga aaaaatatga atatattccg gcgcttaatg 
0911 ccacgccgga acatatcgaa atgatggcta atcttgttgc cgcgtatcgc taaAGCTGAG CGGTAAAGAA 
0981 CTGAGCGCCG TCGCGAAGAG CCTCGTCGGC GGTTTTCATC ATCCGTGAAT AATGCAAAAA GGCGTGCAGC 
1051 GTGCCTGGGT AGA