Protein Info for b2537 in Escherichia coli BW25113
Name: hcaR
Annotation: DNA-binding transcriptional activator of 3-phenylpropionic acid catabolism (NCBI)
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Protein Families and Features
Best Hits
Swiss-Prot: 100% identical to HCAR_ECOLI: Hca operon transcriptional activator HcaR (hcaR) from Escherichia coli (strain K12)
KEGG orthology group: K05817, LysR family transcriptional regulator, hca operon transcriptional activator (inferred from 100% identity to eco:b2537)Predicted SEED Role
"Hca operon (3-phenylpropionic acid catabolism) transcriptional activator HcaR" in subsystem Cinnamic Acid Degradation
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Protein Sequence (296 amino acids)
>b2537 DNA-binding transcriptional activator of 3-phenylpropionic acid catabolism (NCBI) (Escherichia coli BW25113) MELRHLRYFVAVAQALNFTRAAEKLHTSQPSLSSQIRDLENCVGVPLLVRDKRKVALTAA GECFLQDALAILEQAENAKLRARKIVQEDRQLTIGFVPSAEVNLLPKVLPMFRLRQPDTL IELVSLITTQQEEKIRRGELDVGLMRHPVYSPEIDYLELFDEPLVVVLPVDHPLAHEKEI TAAQLDGVNFVSTDPVYSGSLAPIVKAWFAQENSQPNIVQVATNILVTMNLVGMGLGVTL IPGYMNNFNTGQVVFRPIAGNVPSIALLMAWKKGEMKPALRDFIAIVQERLASVTA