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Gene Report : alr
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
Mol Gen Genet. 1985;198(2):315-22.
Identification of the dadX gene coding for the predominant isozyme of alanine racemase in Escherichia coli K12.
Wild J, Hennig J, Lobocka M, Walczak W, Klopotowski T. ( 3920477 )
     Deletion OCR12,13-1 (D)  ,  OCR12,13-2 (D)  ,  OCR12-18 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  alr
Related strains
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General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name alr  
 Alternative name b4053,ECK4045,JW4013,o359  
 Location, Length 4,263,805 - 4,264,884 (  +  ) ;   91.90 min ; 1080 (bp) ,   359 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product alanine racemase 1, PLP-binding, biosynthetic  
 Operon Name alr  
 Note alanine racemase 1; GO_process: GO:0006523 - alanine biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Amino acid biosynthesis: Alanine  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( alr )
GO:0006522 ; alanine metabolic process ( alr )
GO:0007047 ; cell wall organization and biogenesis ( alr )
GO:0008360 ; regulation of cell shape ( alr )
GO:0008784 ; alanine racemase activity ( alr )
GO:0009252 ; peptidoglycan biosynthetic process ( alr )
GO:0016853 ; isomerase activity ( alr )
GO:0030170 ; pyridoxal phosphate binding ( alr )
 PID 1790487  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
5.1.1.1  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) ALR1_ECOLI ( P29743 ; P78136 )
    -  Protein name Alanine racemase, biosynthetic  
    -  Synonyms EC 5.1.1.1  
    -  Gene name Name=alr; OrderedLocusNames=b4053, SF4152, S3578;  

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View Location
   4255.0  –  4280.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP alr (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, The 1.45 A Crystal Structure Of Alanine Racemase From A Pathogenic Bacterium, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Contains Both Internal And External Aldimine Forms  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Alanine racemase, biosynthetic  
         PSI-BLAST Alanine racemase, biosynthetic
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST alanine racemase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    ALANINE_RACEMASE     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0787M 
    EcoCyc alr 

MMBR References
Gene. 1993;129(1):9-16.
The 92-min region of the Escherichia coli chromosome: location and cloning of the ubiA and alr genes.
Lilley PE, Stamford NP, Vasudevan SG, Dixon NE. ( 8335265 )
Nucleic Acids Res. 1993;21:5408-5417
Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. IV. DNA sequence of the region from 89.2 to 92.8 minutes.
Blattner, F. R., V. D. Burland, G. Plunkett, H. J. Sofia, and D. L. Daniels.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MQAATVVINR RALRHNLQRL RELAPASKMV AVVKANAYGH GLLETARTLP DADAFGVARL EEALRLRAGG 
0071 ITKPVLLLEG FFDARDLPTI SAQHFHTAVH NEEQLAALEE ASLDEPVTVW MKLDTGMHRL GVRPEQAEAF 
0141 YHRLTQCKNV RQPVNIVSHF ARADEPKCGA TEKQLAIFNT FCEGKPGQRS IAASGGILLW PQSHFDWVRP 
0211 GIILYGVSPL EDRSTGADFG CQPVMSLTSS LIAVREHKAG EPVGYGGTWV SERDTRLGVV AMGYGDGYPR 
0281 AAPSGTPVLV NGREVPIVGR VAMDMICVDL GPQAQDKAGD PVILWGEGLP VERIAEMTKV SAYELITRLT 
0351 SRVAMKYVD

Nucleotide
FASTA format

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-100                                             TGGTCGCGCT TCGACAACTA TGCGGGGCCG 
-070 CAGTACGACG ACGAATAATA ATTATTTTAT GAATTAGGTA ATTAAAGCAA ACACTTATCA AGGAACACAA 
0001 atgcaagcgg caactgttgt gattaaccgc cgcgctctgc gacacaacct gcaacgtctt cgtgaactgg 
0071 cccctgccag taaaatggtt gcggtggtga aagcgaacgc ttatggtcac ggtcttcttg agaccgcgcg 
0141 aacgctcccc gatgctgacg cctttggcgt agcccgtctc gaagaagctc tgcgactgcg tgcgggggga 
0211 atcaccaaac ctgtactgtt actcgaaggc ttttttgatg ccagagatct gccgacgatt tctgcgcaac 
0281 attttcatac cgccgtgcat aacgaagaac agctggctgc gctggaagag gctagcctgg acgagccggt 
0351 taccgtctgg atgaaactcg ataccggtat gcaccgtctg ggcgtaaggc cggaacaggc tgaggcgttt 
0421 tatcatcgcc tgacccagtg caaaaacgtt cgtcagccgg tgaatatcgt cagccatttt gcgcgcgcgg 
0491 atgaaccaaa atgtggcgca accgagaaac aactcgctat ctttaatacc ttttgcgaag gcaaacctgg 
0561 tcaacgttcc attgccgcgt cgggtggcat tctgctgtgg ccacagtcgc attttgactg ggtgcgcccg 
0631 ggcatcattc tttatggcgt ctcgccgctg gaagatcgct ccaccggtgc cgattttggc tgtcagccag 
0701 tgatgtcact aacctccagc ctgattgccg tgcgtgagca taaagccgga gagcctgttg gttatggtgg 
0771 aacctgggta agcgaacgtg atacccgtct tggcgtagtc gcgatgggct atggcgatgg ttatccgcgc 
0841 gccgcgccgt ccggtacgcc agtgctggtg aacggtcgcg aagtaccgat tgtcgggcgc gtggcgatgg 
0911 atatgatctg cgtagactta ggtccacagg cgcaggacaa agccggggat ccggtcattt tatggggcga 
0981 aggtttgccc gtagaacgta tcgctgaaat gacgaaagta agcgcttacg aacttattac gcgcctgact 
1051 tcaagggtcg cgatgaaata cgtggattaa TCGTTCTGTA ATATTTGATT GTCTGTGCCG GATGCGGCGT 
1121 GAATGCCTTA TCCGGCCAAT AAAATCCTAA AAATTCAATA AGTTGATGTT CTTTCATGCT