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Gene Report : galE
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990;87(1):360-3.
Mutations in the bglY gene increase the frequency of spontaneous deletions in Escherichia coli K-12.
Lejeune P, Danchin A. ( 2404280 )
     Deletion 15 (LD)  ,  DE(pgl-grxA)502  ,  DE(galETK-chlA)  ,  15+dps (LD)  ,  OCR48,49-4 (D)  ,  OCR48,50-8 (LD 15D::Cm) (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  galE
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  galE   Search strains by all related name:  galE b0759 ECK0748 galD JW0742

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name galE  
 Alternative name b0759,ECK0748,galD,JW0742  
 Location, Length 790,262 - 791,278 (  -  ) ;   17.03 min ; 1017 (bp) ,   338 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product UDP-galactose-4-epimerase  
 Operon Name galETKM  
 Note GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_function: GO:0042280 - cell surface antigen activity, host-interacting; GO_process: GO:0006012 - galactose metabolic process; GO_process: GO:0009242 - colanic acid biosynthetic process; GO_process: GO:0016052 - carbohydrate catabolic process; GO_process: GO:0009435 - NAD biosynthetic process; GO_process: GO:0009269 - response to desiccation  
 Function enzyme; Degradation of small molecules: Carbon compounds  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( galE )
GO:0003978 ; UDP-glucose 4-epimerase activity ( galE )
GO:0005488 ; binding ( galE )
GO:0005975 ; carbohydrate metabolic process ( galE )
GO:0006012 ; galactose metabolic process ( galE )
GO:0008152 ; metabolic process ( galE )
GO:0016853 ; isomerase activity ( galE )
GO:0044237 ; cellular metabolic process ( galE )
GO:0050662 ; coenzyme binding ( galE )
 PID 1786974  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
5.1.3.2  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene galE ( EG10362 )  
    Number of removed 0 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) GALE_ECOLI ( P09147 ; Q47493 )
    -  Protein name UDP-glucose 4-epimerase  
    -  Synonyms EC 5.1.3.2, Galactowaldenase, UDP-galactose 4-epimerase  
    -  Gene name Name=galE; Synonyms=galD; OrderedLocusNames=b0759;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   780.0  –  805.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP galE (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain , Udp-Galactose 4-Epimerase From Escherichia Coli  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UDP-glucose 4-epimerase  
         PSI-BLAST UDP-glucose 4-epimerase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UDP-galactose-4-epimerase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG1087M 
    EcoCyc galE 

MMBR References
Symp. Soc. Gen. Microbiol. 1960;10:115-131.
Genetic and functional aspects of galactose metabolism in Escherichia coli K-12.
Lederberg, E. M.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1986;14:7705-7711
Nucleotide sequences of the galE gene and the galT gene of E. coli.
Lemaire, H. G., and B. Muller-Hill.
J Biol Chem. 1981;256:11905-11910
Evidence for two functional gal promoters in intact Escherichia coli cells.
Aiba, H., S. Adhya, and B. de Crombrugghe.
J Virol. 1971;8(5):669-74.
Isolation and characterization of an Escherichia coli bacteriophage requiring cell wall galactose.
Watson G, Paigen K. ( 4943683 )
Mol Microbiol. 1993;10(2):245-51.
The galactose regulon of Escherichia coli.
Weickert MJ, Adhya S. ( 7934815 )
J Mol Biol. 1982;154(2):211-27.
Mutations in the Escherichia coli operon that define two promoters and the binding site of the cyclic AMP receptor protein.
Busby S, Aiba H, de Crombrugghe B. ( 6804633 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MRVLVTGGSG YIGSHTCVQL LQNGHDVIIL DNLCNSKRSV LPVIERLGGK HPTFVEGDIR NEALMTEILH 
0071 DHAIDTVIHF AGLKAVGESV QKPLEYYDNN VNGTLRLISA MRAANVKNFI FSSSATVYGD QPKIPYVESF 
0141 PTGTPQSPYG KSKLMVEQIL TDLQKAQPDW SIALLRYFNP VGAHPSGDMG EDPQGIPNNL MPYIAQVAVG 
0211 RRDSLAIFGN DYPTEDGTGV RDYIHVMDLA DGHVVAMEKL ANKPGVHIYN LGAGVGNSVL DVVNAFSKAC 
0281 GKPVNYHFAP RREGDLPAYW ADASKADREL NWRVTRTLDE MAQDTWHWQS RHPQGYPD

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             attcttgtgt aaacgattcc actaatttat 
-070 tccatgtcac acttttcgca tctttgttat gctatggtta tttcatacca taagcctaat ggagcgaatt 
0001 atgagagttc tggttaccgg tggtagcggt tacattggaa gtcatacctg tgtgcaatta ctgcaaaacg 
0071 gtcatgatgt catcattctt gataacctct gtaacagtaa gcgcagcgta ctgcctgtta tcgagcgttt 
0141 aggcggcaaa catccaacgt ttgttgaagg cgatattcgt aacgaagcgt tgatgaccga gatcctgcac 
0211 gatcacgcta tcgacaccgt gatccacttc gccgggctga aagccgtggg cgaatcggta caaaaaccgc 
0281 tggaatatta cgacaacaat gtcaacggca ctctgcgcct gattagcgcc atgcgcgccg ctaacgtcaa 
0351 aaactttatt tttagctcct ccgccaccgt ttatggcgat cagcccaaaa ttccatacgt tgaaagcttc 
0421 ccgaccggca caccgcaaag cccttacggc aaaagcaagc tgatggtgga acagatcctc accgatctgc 
0491 aaaaagccca gccggactgg agcattgccc tgctgcgcta cttcaacccg gttggcgcgc atccgtcggg 
0561 cgatatgggc gaagatccgc aaggcattcc gaataacctg atgccataca tcgcccaggt tgctgtaggc 
0631 cgtcgcgact cgctggcgat ttttggtaac gattatccga ccgaagatgg tactggcgta cgcgattaca 
0701 tccacgtaat ggatctggcg gacggtcacg tcgtggcgat ggaaaaactg gcgaacaagc caggcgtaca 
0771 catctacaac ctcggcgctg gcgtaggcaa cagcgtgctg gacgtggtta atgccttcag caaagcctgc 
0841 ggcaaaccgg ttaattatca ttttgcaccg cgtcgcgagg gcgaccttcc ggcctactgg gcggacgcca 
0911 gcaaagccga ccgtgaactg aactggcgcg taacgcgcac actcgatgaa atggcgcagg acacctggca 
0981 ctggcagtca cgccatccac agggatatcc cgattaagga acgaccatga cgcaatttaa tcccgttgat 
1051 catccacatc gccgctacaa cccgctcacc gggcaatgga ttctggtttc accgcaccgc gctaagc