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Gene Report : folK
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)  
Related gene (MG1655 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  folK
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  folK   Search strains by all related name:  folK b0142 ECK0141 JW0138

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name folK  
 Alternative name b0142,ECK0141,JW0138  
 Location, Length 157,253 - 157,732 (  -  ) ;   3.38 min ; 480 (bp) ,   159 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6- hydroxymethyldihyropteridine pyrophosphokinase  
 Note ECK0141:JW0138:b0142  
 Function  
 PID 21238998  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show simple )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) HPPK_ECOLI ( P26281 )
    -  Protein name RecName: Full=2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine pyrophosphokinase; EC=2.7.6.3; AltName: Full=7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin-pyrophosphokinase; Short=HPPK; AltName: Full=6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase; Short=PPPK;  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=folK; OrderedLocusNames=b0142, JW0138;  
    -  Comments
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:ATP + 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropteridine = AMP + (2-amino-4-hydroxy-7,8-dihydropteridin-6-yl)methyl diphosphate.
  • PATHWAY:Cofactor biosynthesis; tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis; 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropteridine diphosphate from 7,8-dihydroneopterin triphosphate:step 4/4.
  • SUBUNIT:Monomer.
  • MISCELLANEOUS:This enzyme is heat stable.
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the HPPK family.  

  •  Linear View
    View Location
       145.0  –  170.0 (KBP)

    Homology Analysis
    BLAST
        Bacteria
             GTOP  
        PDB
             PSI-BLAST  
        SWISS-PROT
             BLAST RecName: Full=2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine pyrophosphokinase; AltName: Full=7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin-pyrophosphokinase; Short=HPPK; AltName: Full=6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase; Short=PPPK  
             PSI-BLAST RecName: Full=2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine pyrophosphokinase; AltName: Full=7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin-pyrophosphokinase; Short=HPPK; AltName: Full=6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase; Short=PPPK
        nr
             BLAST 2-amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihyropteridine pyrophosphokinase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]  
    Pfam 27.0   (database updated : 2013-03 )
        Pfam

    Other Cross-Reference
        EcoCyc folK 

    MMBR References
    J Bacteriol. 1992;174:5971-5977
    Cloning, sequence analysis, and overexpression of Escherichia coli folK, the gene coding for 7,8-dihydro-6-hydroxymethylpterin-pyrophosphokinase.
    Talarico, T. L., P. H. Ray, I. K. Dev, B. M. Merrill, and W. S. Dallas.

    Sequences
    Amino acid
    FASTA format
    0001 MTVAYIAIGS NLASPLEQVN AALKALGDIP ESHILTVSSF YRTPPLGPQD QPDYLNAAVA LETSLAPEEL 
    0071 LNHTQRIELQ QGRVRKAERW GPRTLDLDIM LFGNEVINTE RLTVPHYDMK NRGFMLWPLF EIAPELVFPD 
    0141 GEMLRQILHT RAFDKLNKW
    
    
    Nucleotide
    FASTA format

    View sequence out neighbor 100bp
    -100                                             cagaccaaaa agggatgctc aacgagctgg 
    -070 atgaagaacc gtcaccgcgt cgtcgtactc gtcgtccacg caaacgcgca ccacgtcgtg agggtaccgc 
    0001 atgacagtgg cgtatattgc cataggcagc aatctggcct ctccgctgga gcaggtcaat gctgccctga 
    0071 aagcattagg cgatatccct gaaagccaca ttcttaccgt ttcttcgttt taccgcaccc caccgctggg 
    0141 gccgcaagat caacccgatt acttaaacgc agccgtggcg ctggaaacct ctcttgcacc tgaagagcta 
    0211 ctcaatcaca cacagcgtat tgaattgcag caaggtcgcg tccgcaaagc tgaacgctgg ggaccacgca 
    0281 cgctggatct cgacatcatg ctgtttggta atgaagtgat aaatactgaa cgcctgaccg ttccgcacta 
    0351 cgatatgaag aatcgtggat ttatgctgtg gccgctgttt gaaatcgcgc cggagttggt gtttcctgat 
    0421 ggggagatgt tgcgtcaaat cttacataca agagcatttg acaaattaaa caaatggtaa tttatttata 
    0491 ttgcgaatat aaatattttc tgaaaatcat atctcatctc tttccttaat tacgatttta gtttaaacat 
    0561 ctctttgcgg aaataatata