MG1655
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Gene Report : caiB
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:  caiB
Related strains
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General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name caiB  
 Alternative name b0038,ECK0039,JW0037,yaaN  
 Location, Length 37,898 - 39,115 (  -  ) ;   0.82 min ; 1218 (bp) ,   405 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product crotonobetainyl CoA:carnitine CoA transferase  
 Note ECK0039:JW0037:b0038  
 Function  
 PID 21321920  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show simple )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) CAIB_ECOLI ( P31572 )
    -  Protein name RecName: Full=Crotonobetainyl-CoA:carnitine CoA-transferase; EC=2.8.3.-;  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=caiB; Synonyms=yaaN; OrderedLocusNames=b0038, JW0037;  
    -  Comments
  • FUNCTION:Catalyzes the reversible transfer of the CoA moiety from gamma-butyrobetainyl-CoA to L-carnitine to generate L-carnitinyl-CoA and gamma-butyrobetaine. Is also able to catalyze the reversible transfer of the CoA moiety from gamma-butyrobetainyl-CoA or L-carnitinyl-CoA to crotonobetaine to generate crotonobetainyl-CoA.
  • PATHWAY:Amine and polyamine metabolism; carnitine metabolism.
  • SUBUNIT:Homodimer.
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasm.
  • INDUCTION:By L-carnitine or crotonobetaine.
  • MISCELLANEOUS:Some strains of E.coli, such as ATCC 25922, can metabolize carnitine under aerobiosis.
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the caiB/baiF CoA-transferase family.
  • CAUTION:Was originally (PubMed:8188598) thought to be an L-carnitine dehydratase.  

  •  Linear View
    View Location
       25.0  –  50.0 (KBP)

    Homology Analysis
    BLAST
        Bacteria
             GTOP  
        PDB
             PSI-BLAST  
        SWISS-PROT
            BLAST  
             PSI-BLAST RecName: Full=Crotonobetainyl-CoA:carnitine CoA-transferase
        nr
             BLAST crotonobetainyl CoA:carnitine CoA transferase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]  
    Pfam 27.0   (database updated : 2013-03 )
        Pfam

    Other Cross-Reference
        EcoCyc caiB 

    Sequences
    Amino acid
    FASTA format
    0001 MDHLPMPKFG PLAGLRVVFS GIEIAGPFAG QMFAEWGAEV IWIENVAWAD TIRVQPNYPQ LSRRNLHALS 
    0071 LNIFKDEGRE AFLKLMETTD IFIEASKGPA FARRGITDEV LWQHNPKLVI AHLSGFGQYG TEEYTNLPAY 
    0141 NTIAQAFSGY LIQNGDVDQP MPAFPYTADY FSGLTATTAA LAALHKVRET GKGESIDIAM YEVMLRMGQY 
    0211 FMMDYFNGGE MCPRMSKGKD PYYAGCGLYK CADGYIVMEL VGITQIEECF KDIGLAHLLG TPEIPEGTQL 
    0281 IHRIECPYGP LVEEKLDAWL ATHTIAEVKE RFAELNIACA KVLTVPELES NPQYVARESI TQWQTMDGRT 
    0351 CKGPNIMPKF KNNPGQIWRG MPSHGMDTAA ILKNIGYSEN DIQELVSKGL AKVED
    
    
    Nucleotide
    FASTA format

    View sequence out neighbor 100bp
    -100                                             tgcgtcttat caggcctacg ggagcacgaa 
    -070 tgtaggccgg ataaagcgtt tacgccgcat ccggcagtca tgcgctacat aaatttttca ggagcaaata 
    0001 atggatcatc tacccatgcc gaaattcggg ccgttggccg gattgcgcgt tgtcttctcc ggtatcgaaa 
    0071 tcgccggacc gtttgccggg caaatgttcg cagaatgggg cgcggaagtt atctggatcg agaacgtcgc 
    0141 ctgggccgac accattcgcg ttcaaccgaa ctacccgcaa ctctcccgcc gcaatttgca cgcgctgtcg 
    0211 ttaaatattt tcaaagatga aggccgcgaa gcgtttctga aattaatgga aaccaccgat atcttcatcg 
    0281 aagccagtaa aggtccggcc tttgcccgtc gtggcattac cgatgaagta ctgtggcagc acaacccgaa 
    0351 actggttatc gctcacctgt ccggttttgg tcagtacggc accgaggagt acaccaatct tccggcctat 
    0421 aacactatcg cccaggcctt tagtggttac ctgattcaga acggtgatgt tgaccagcca atgcctgcct 
    0491 tcccgtatac cgccgattac ttttctggcc tgaccgccac cacggcggcg ctggcagcac tgcataaagt 
    0561 gcgtgaaacc ggtaaaggcg aaagtatcga catcgccatg tatgaagtga tgctgcgtat gggccagtac 
    0631 ttcatgatgg attacttcaa cggcggcgaa atgtgcccgc gcatgagcaa aggtaaagat ccctactacg 
    0701 ccggttgcgg tctgtataaa tgtgccgacg gctacatcgt gatggaactg gtgggcatta cccaaattga 
    0771 agagtgcttt aaagatattg gcctcgcaca tctgcttggc acgccagaaa tcccggaagg cactcagctt 
    0841 atccaccgta tcgaatgccc ttacggccca ctggttgaag agaaactcga tgcctggctg gcgacacata 
    0911 ccatcgcgga agtaaaagaa cgctttgctg aactgaatat cgcctgcgcc aaagtgctga ccgtaccgga 
    0981 actggaaagc aatccacagt atgtggctcg cgaatcaatc actcagtggc aaacgatgga tggtcgcacc 
    1051 tgcaaagggc cgaacatcat gccgaaattc aaaaataacc ccggacaaat ctggcgcgga atgccctcac 
    1121 atggcatgga cacggctgcc attttgaaaa atatcggcta cagcgaaaac gacattcagg agttggtcag 
    1191 caaaggtctg gccaaagttg aggactaaac gcgtggcgtc agtcggcttg cctgactagc gcccgcccaa 
    1261 taacaaacga acaaaaatgg atagaggtgc aatggatatc attggcggac aacatcta