MG1655
W3110
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Gene Report : caiC
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.
Related gene (MG1655 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  caiC
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  caiC   Search strains by all related name:  caiC b0037 ECK0038 JW0036 yaaM

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name caiC  
 Alternative name b0037,ECK0038,JW0036,yaaM  
 Location, Length 36,271 - 37,839 (  -  ) ;   0.78 min ; 1569 (bp) ,   522 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product predicted crotonobetaine CoA ligase:carnitine CoA ligase  
 Note ECK0038:JW0036:b0037  
 Function  
 PID 21321919  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show simple )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) CAIC_ECOLI ( P31552 ; Q6IU50 )
    -  Protein name RecName: Full=Probable crotonobetaine/carnitine-CoA ligase; EC=6.2.1.-;  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=caiC; Synonyms=yaaM; OrderedLocusNames=b0037, JW0036;  
    -  Comments
  • FUNCTION:Could catalyze the transfer of CoA to carnitine, generating the initial carnitinyl-CoA needed for the caiB reaction cycle.
  • PATHWAY:Amine and polyamine metabolism; carnitine metabolism.
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family.  

  •  Linear View
    View Location
       25.0  –  50.0 (KBP)

    Homology Analysis
    BLAST
        Bacteria
             GTOP  
        PDB
             PSI-BLAST  
        SWISS-PROT
            BLAST  
            PSI-BLAST
        nr
             BLAST predicted crotonobetaine CoA ligase:carnitine CoA ligase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. W3110]  
    Pfam 27.0   (database updated : 2013-03 )
        Pfam

    Other Cross-Reference
        EcoCyc caiC 

    Sequences
    Amino acid
    FASTA format
    0001 MDRGAMDIIG GQHLRQMWDD LADVYGHKTA LICESSGGVV NRYSYLELNQ EINRTANLFY TLGIRKGDKV 
    0071 ALHLDNCPEF IFCWFGLAKI GAIMVPINAR LLCEESAWIL QNSQACLLVT SAQFYPMYQQ IQQEDATQLR 
    0141 HICLTDVALP ADDGVSSFTQ LKNQQPATLC YAPPLSTDDT AEILFTSGTT SRPKGVVITH YNLRFAGYYS 
    0211 AWQCALRDDD VYLTVMPAFH IDCQCTAAMA AFSAGATFVL VEKYSARAFW GQVQKYRATV TECIPMMIRT 
    0281 LMVQPPSAND QQHRLREVMF YLNLSEQEKD AFCERFGVRL LTSYGMTETI VGIIGDRPGD KRRWPSIGRV 
    0351 GFCYEAEIRD DHNRPLPAGE IGEICIKGIP GKTIFKEYFL NPQATAKVLE ADGWLHTGDT GYRDEEDFFY 
    0421 FVDRRCNMIK RGGENVSCVE LENIIAAHPK IQDIVVVGIK DSIRDEAIKA FVVLNEGETL SEEEFFRFCE 
    0491 QNMAKFKVPS YLEIRKDLPR NCSGKIIRKN LK
    
    
    Nucleotide
    FASTA format

    View sequence out neighbor 100bp
    -100                                             caggagttgg tcagcaaagg tctggccaaa 
    -070 gttgaggact aaacgcgtgg cgtcagtcgg cttgcctgac tagcgcccgc ccaataacaa acgaacaaaa 
    0001 atggatagag gtgcaatgga tatcattggc ggacaacatc tacgtcaaat gtgggacgat cttgcggacg 
    0071 tttacggtca taaaacggcg ctgatttgtg aatccagcgg cggagtcgtt aaccggtata gttatcttga 
    0141 gttaaatcag gagattaacc gcacggcaaa cctgttttat acgctgggga ttcgcaaagg cgacaaggtt 
    0211 gcactacatc tcgacaactg cccggaattt atcttttgct ggttcgggct ggcaaaaatt ggcgcgatta 
    0281 tggtgccgat taacgcccgc ctgttgtgcg aggaaagcgc gtggatcctg caaaatagcc aggcgtgcct 
    0351 gctggtgacc agtgcgcaat tctatcctat gtatcaacag attcagcagg aagatgccac tcaattgcgg 
    0421 cacatttgcc tgacagatgt ggcacttccc gctgatgatg gcgtgagttc gtttactcaa ctgaaaaatc 
    0491 aacaacctgc caccttgtgc tatgcaccgc cgctatcgac tgacgatacg gcggaaattc tcttcacctc 
    0561 cggcaccacc tcccgaccga aaggtgtggt gattacccat tacaacctgc gcttcgctgg atattactcc 
    0631 gcctggcagt gtgcactgcg tgacgatgac gtctacctga cggtaatgcc tgcgtttcat atcgattgcc 
    0701 agtgtactgc ggcgatggcg gcgttttctg ccggggccac ctttgtgctg gtcgagaaat acagcgcccg 
    0771 cgccttctgg ggacaggtac agaagtaccg cgccaccgtt accgaatgta ttccgatgat gatccgtacg 
    0841 ttgatggtac agccgccttc agcgaacgat cagcaacacc gcctgcggga agtgatgttt tatctcaact 
    0911 tgtcggagca ggaaaaagat gcgttttgtg aacgcttcgg cgttcgcttg ctgacgtctt atgggatgac 
    0981 ggaaaccatt gtgggcatta tcggcgatcg tcctggcgat aaacgacgct ggccgtcgat tggtcgggtg 
    1051 gggttttgct acgaagcgga gatccgcgac gatcacaatc gcccgctccc ggctggtgag atcggtgaaa 
    1121 tctgcattaa aggcatacct gggaaaacca tcttcaaaga gtactttctc aacccacaag ccactgcgaa 
    1191 agtgctggaa gccgatggct ggctgcatac cggcgatacc ggataccgcg acgaagagga ctttttttat 
    1261 ttcgtcgatc gccgctgcaa tatgattaaa cgtggcggcg agaatgtctc ctgcgtggag ctggaaaata 
    1331 ttatcgccgc gcacccgaaa attcaggaca tcgtggttgt gggtattaaa gattcgattc gcgatgaagc 
    1401 catcaaagca tttgtggtgc tgaatgaagg tgaaacattg agcgaagagg aatttttccg cttctgcgaa 
    1471 caaaatatgg cgaaatttaa agtgccctct tatctggaga tcagaaaaga tctgccacgt aattgctcgg 
    1541 ggaaaataat tagaaagaat ctgaaataaa tgaaacagca gggaactacc ctgccagcta ataatcacac 
    1611 tctaaaacaa tatgcatttt ttgcagggat gttgtcgtcc ctgaaaaagc aaaaatgga