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Gene Report : fixB
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
J Basic Microbiol. 1995;35(4):217-27.
The fix Escherichia coli region contains four genes related to carnitine metabolism.
Eichler K, Buchet A, Bourgis F, Kleber HP, Mandrand-Berthelot MA. ( 7473063 )
Related gene (MG1655 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  fixB
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  fixB   Search strains by all related name:  fixB b0042 ECK0043 JW0041 yaaR

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name fixB  
 Alternative name b0042,ECK0043,JW0041,yaaR  
 Location, Length 43,188 - 44,129 (  +  ) ;   0.93 min ; 942 (bp) ,   313 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product predicted electron transfer flavoprotein,NAD/FAD-binding domain and ETFP adenine nucleotide-binding domain-like  
 Note ECK0043:JW0041:b0042  
 Function  
 PID 85674297  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show simple )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) FIXB_ECOLI ( P31574 ; Q2MCG9 )
    -  Protein name RecName: Full=Protein fixB;  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=fixB; Synonyms=yaaR; OrderedLocusNames=b0042, JW0041;  
    -  Comments
  • FUNCTION:Required for anaerobic carnitine reduction. May bring reductant to caiA.
  • PATHWAY:Amine and polyamine metabolism; carnitine metabolism.
  • SUBUNIT:Heterodimer of fixA and fixB (Probable).
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the ETF alpha-subunit/fixB family.  

  •  Linear View
    View Location
       30.0  –  55.0 (KBP)

    Homology Analysis
    BLAST
        Bacteria
             GTOP  
        PDB
             PSI-BLAST  
        SWISS-PROT
             BLAST RecName: Full=Protein fixB  
             PSI-BLAST RecName: Full=Protein fixB
        nr
             BLAST predicted electron transfer flavoprotein, NAD/FAD-binding domain and ETFP adenine nucleotide-binding domain-like [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]  
    Pfam 27.0   (database updated : 2013-03 )
        Pfam

    Other Cross-Reference
        EcoCyc fixB 

    Sequences
    Amino acid
    FASTA format
    0001 MNTFSQVWVF SDTPSRLPEL MNGAQALANQ INTFVLNDAD GAQAIQLGAN HVWKLNGKPD DRMIEDYAGV 
    0071 MADTIRQHGA DGLVLLPNTR RGKLLAAKLG YRLKAAVSND ASTVSVQDGK ATVKHMVYGG LAIGEERIAT 
    0141 PYAVLTISSG TFDAAQPDAS RTGETHTVEW QAPAVAITRT ATQARQSNSV DLDKARLVVS VGRGIGSKEN 
    0211 IALAEQLCKA IGAELACSRP VAENEKWMEH ERYVGISNLM LKPELYLAVG ISGQIQHMVG ANASQTIFAI 
    0281 NKDKNAPIFQ YADYGIVGDA VKILPALTAA LAR
    
    
    Nucleotide
    FASTA format

    View sequence out neighbor 100bp
    -100                                             AGCGCGAACG TCAGCGCATC GTGATTGAAG 
    -070 GCGACGGCGA AGAACAGATC GCCGCATTTG CTGAAAATCT TCGCAAAGTC ATTTAATTAC AGGGGATGCT 
    0001 atgaacacgt tttctcaagt ctgggtattc agcgataccc cttctcgtct gccggaactg atgaacggtg 
    0071 cgcaggcttt agctaatcaa atcaacacct ttgtcctcaa tgatgccgac ggcgcacagg caatccagct 
    0141 cggcgctaat catgtctgga aattaaacgg caaaccggac gatcggatga tcgaagatta cgccggtgtc 
    0211 atggctgaca ctattcgcca gcacggcgca gacggcctgg tgctgctgcc aaacacccgt cgcggcaaat 
    0281 tactggcggc aaaactgggt tatcgcctta aagcggcggt gtctaacgat gccagcaccg tcagcgtaca 
    0351 ggacggtaaa gcgacagtga aacacatggt ttacggtggt ctggcgattg gcgaagaacg cattgccacg 
    0421 ccgtatgcgg tactgaccat cagcagcggc acgttcgatg cggctcagcc agacgcgtca cgcactggcg 
    0491 aaacgcacac cgtggagtgg caggctccgg ctgtggcgat tacccgcacg gcaacccagg cgcgccagag 
    0561 caacagcgtc gatctcgaca aagcccgtct ggtggtcagc gtcggtcgcg gtattggcag caaagagaac 
    0631 attgcgctgg cagaacagct ttgcaaggcg ataggtgcgg agttggcctg ttctcgtccg gtggcggaaa 
    0701 acgaaaaatg gatggagcac gaacgctatg tcggtatctc caacctgatg ctgaaacctg aactgtacct 
    0771 ggcggtgggg atctccgggc agatccagca catggttggc gctaacgcgt cgcaaaccat tttcgccatc 
    0841 aataaagata aaaatgcgcc gatcttccag tacgcggatt acggcattgt tggcgacgcc gtgaagatcc 
    0911 ttccggcgct gaccgcagct ttagcgcgtt gaTCCACTCT GGCAGGGCTG CATTTTGGCC CTGCCGCTGA 
    0981 CAGGGAGCTC TTATGTCCGA AGATATCTTT GACGCCATCA TCGTCGGTGC AGGGCTTGCC GG