Protein Info for b4053 in Escherichia coli BW25113
Name: alr
Annotation: alanine racemase (NCBI)
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Protein Families and Features
Best Hits
Swiss-Prot: 100% identical to ALR1_SHIBO: Alanine racemase, biosynthetic (alr) from Shigella boydii
KEGG orthology group: K01775, alanine racemase [EC: 5.1.1.1] (inferred from 100% identity to eco:b4053)MetaCyc: 100% identical to alanine racemase 1 (Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655)
Alanine racemase. [EC: 5.1.1.1, 5.1.1.10]
Predicted SEED Role
No annotation
MetaCyc Pathways
- L-alanine degradation I (2/2 steps found)
- alanine racemization (1/1 steps found)
- anaerobic energy metabolism (invertebrates, cytosol) (5/7 steps found)
- superpathway of anaerobic energy metabolism (invertebrates) (12/17 steps found)
- vancomycin resistance II (1/3 steps found)
- L-arginine degradation XIV (oxidative Stickland reaction) (1/6 steps found)
- L-lysine degradation V (2/9 steps found)
- ansatrienin biosynthesis (1/9 steps found)
- cyclosporin A biosynthesis (2/15 steps found)
- superpathway of L-lysine degradation (14/43 steps found)
KEGG Metabolic Maps
- Alanine and aspartate metabolism
- Cysteine metabolism
- D-Alanine metabolism
- D-Arginine and D-ornithine metabolism
- D-Glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism
- Glycine, serine and threonine metabolism
Isozymes
Compare fitness of predicted isozymes for: 5.1.1.1
Use Curated BLAST to search for 5.1.1.1 or 5.1.1.10
Sequence Analysis Tools
PaperBLAST (search for papers about homologs of this protein)
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Predict transmembrane helices and signal peptides: Phobius
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Find homologs in fast.genomics or the ENIGMA genome browser
See P0A6B4 at UniProt or InterPro
Protein Sequence (359 amino acids)
>b4053 alanine racemase (NCBI) (Escherichia coli BW25113) MQAATVVINRRALRHNLQRLRELAPASKMVAVVKANAYGHGLLETARTLPDADAFGVARL EEALRLRAGGITKPVLLLEGFFDARDLPTISAQHFHTAVHNEEQLAALEEASLDEPVTVW MKLDTGMHRLGVRPEQAEAFYHRLTQCKNVRQPVNIVSHFARADEPKCGATEKQLAIFNT FCEGKPGQRSIAASGGILLWPQSHFDWVRPGIILYGVSPLEDRSTGADFGCQPVMSLTSS LIAVREHKAGEPVGYGGTWVSERDTRLGVVAMGYGDGYPRAAPSGTPVLVNGREVPIVGR VAMDMICVDLGPQAQDKAGDPVILWGEGLPVERIAEMTKVSAYELITRLTSRVAMKYVD