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Gene Report : metR
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 OCR04 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  metR
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  metR   Search strains by all related name:  metR b3828 ECK3822 f317 JW3804

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name metR  
 Alternative name b3828,ECK3822,f317,JW3804  
 Location, Length 4,009,886 - 4,010,839 (  -  ) ;   86.43 min ; 954 (bp) ,   317 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product DNA-binding transcriptional activator, homocysteine-binding  
 Operon Name metR  
 Note regulator for metE and metH; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_function: GO:0016563 - transcription activator activity; GO_function: GO:0016564 - transcription repressor activity; GO_process: GO:0009086 - methionine biosynthetic process; GO_process: GO:0006350 - transcription  
 Function regulator; Amino acid biosynthesis: Methionine  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003677 ; DNA binding ( metR )
GO:0003700 ; transcription factor activity ( metR )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( metR )
GO:0006350 ; transcription ( metR )
GO:0006355 ; regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent ( metR )
GO:0008652 ; amino acid biosynthetic process ( metR )
GO:0009086 ; methionine biosynthetic process ( metR )
 PID 1790262  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene metR ( EG10591 )  
    Number of removed 0 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 1 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) METR_ECOLI ( P19797 )
    -  Protein name HTH-type transcriptional regulator metR.  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=metR; OrderedLocusNames=b3828, z5349, ECs4758, SF3906, S3849;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   4000.0  –  4025.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP metR (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Crystal Structure Of Cbnr, A Lysr Family Transcriptional Regulator  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST HTH-type transcriptional regulator metR  
         PSI-BLAST HTH-type transcriptional regulator metR
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST trans-activator of metE and metH [Escherichia coli]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    PROKAR_LIPOPROTEIN    LEUCINE_ZIPPER    HTH_LYSR_FAMILY    MICROBODIES_CTER     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0583K 
    EcoCyc metR 

MMBR References
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989;86:85-89
Regulation of methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli: effect of the MetR protein on the expression of the metE and metR genes.
Maxon, M. E., B. Redfield, X. Y. Cai, R. Shoeman, K. Fujita, W. Fisher, Stauffer, H. Weissbach, and N. Brot.
J Bacteriol. 1987;169(4):1391-7.
A new methionine locus, metR, that encodes a trans-acting protein required for activation of metE and metH in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium.
Urbanowski ML, Stauffer LT, Plamann LS, Stauffer GV. ( 3549685 )
Mol Microbiol. 1991;5(7):1593-7.
Regulation of methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli.
Weissbach H, Brot N. ( 1943695 )
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1989;86:4407-4411
Methionine synthesis in Escherichia coli: effect of the MetR protein on metE and metH expression.
Cai, X. Y., M. E. Maxon, B. Redfield, R. Glass, N. Brot, and H. Weissbach.
Science. 1992;257(5071):771-8.
Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome: DNA sequence of the region from 84.5 to 86.5 minutes.
Daniels DL, Plunkett G 3rd, Burland VD, Blattner FR. ( 1379743 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MIEVKHLKTL QALRNCGSLA AAAATLHQTQ SALSHQFSDL EQRLGFRLFV RKSQPLRFTP QGEILLQLAN 
0071 QVLPQISQAL QACNEPQQTR LRIAIECHSC IQWLTPALEN FHKNWPQVEM DFKSGVTFDP QPALQQGELD 
0141 LVMTSDILPR SGLHYSPMFD YEVRLVLAPD HPLAAKTRIT PEDLASETLL IYPVQRSRLD VWRHFLQPAG 
0211 VSPSLKSVDN TLLLIQMVAA RMGIAALPHW VVESFERQGL VVTKTLGEGL WSRLYAAVRD GEQRQPVTEA 
0281 FIRSARNHAC DHLPFVKSAE RPTYDAPTVR PGSPARL

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             gacgaaggat tttagccgtc cagatgttta 
-070 cacatccata attggcggtt actgtatatt cctcaagcgc aaattattca tgccgaagtg aaggactttc 
0001 atgatcgaag taaaacacct gaaaacgcta caagcgttgc ggaactgcgg ctcgctcgca gccgctgcgg 
0071 cgacgttgca tcagacgcaa tccgccctgt ctcaccagtt tagcgatctg gaacaacgcc ttggcttccg 
0141 gctatttgtg cgtaagagcc agccgctacg ctttacaccg cagggagaaa tcctgttgca actggcaaac 
0211 caggtactgc cgcaaattag ccaggccctg caagcctgca atgaaccgca gcagacgcgt ctgcgcattg 
0281 ccattgagtg ccatagctgt attcagtggc tgacacccgc gttagaaaat ttccataaga actggccgca 
0351 ggtagagatg gattttaaat cgggcgtgac atttgacccg cagcccgcct tgcaacaggg agagctggat 
0421 ctggtaatga cgtccgatat tctgccgcgc agtggcctgc attattcgcc gatgttcgac tatgaagtgc 
0491 gtctggtgtt agcacctgac catccactgg cggcgaaaac gcgaattaca ccggaagatc tcgccagcga 
0561 gacgctatta atttatccgg tgcagcgtag tcgactggat gtctggcggc attttcttca gccggcaggc 
0631 gtcagcccgt cactgaaaag cgtcgataac accttattgt tgattcagat ggttgccgcg cggatgggta 
0701 ttgccgcgct accgcattgg gtagtagaga gttttgagcg ccagggtctg gtggtgacca aaaccctggg 
0771 cgaaggcttg tggagccgac tgtacgccgc cgtgcgcgat ggcgagcagc gtcagccagt tacggaagcg 
0841 tttattcgct cagcgcgcaa tcacgcctgc gatcatctgc cgtttgtgaa gagcgcggag cgacccactt 
0911 acgatgcacc cacagtgagg ccaggatcac cagcgcgcct gtaataaacg ttggccagtg cggctgttgg 
0981 tgccagatag ccaggtttac cagcagccct gccggaacgt gcatattatt cataatgccc agcgttccgg 
1051 cgtc