Protein Info for Atu0185 in Agrobacterium fabrum C58

Annotation: methylglyoxal synthase

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Protein Families and Features

Best Hits

Swiss-Prot: 100% identical to MGSA_AGRFC: Methylglyoxal synthase (mgsA) from Agrobacterium fabrum (strain C58 / ATCC 33970)

KEGG orthology group: K01734, methylglyoxal synthase [EC: 4.2.3.3] (inferred from 100% identity to atu:Atu0185)

MetaCyc: 48% identical to methylglyoxal synthase (Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655)
Methylglyoxal synthase. [EC: 4.2.3.3]

Predicted SEED Role

"Methylglyoxal synthase (EC 4.2.3.3)" in subsystem Methylglyoxal Metabolism (EC 4.2.3.3)

KEGG Metabolic Maps

Pyruvate metabolism

Isozymes

No predicted isozymes

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Sequence Analysis Tools

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Search structures

Predict protein localization: PSORTb (Gram-negative bacteria)

Predict transmembrane helices and signal peptides: Phobius

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Protein Sequence (127 amino acids)

>Atu0185 methylglyoxal synthase (Agrobacterium fabrum C58)
MEGQRCIALIAHDEKKDDMADFARHHQKVLASFRIVATGTTGGRVQEACPGLEVIRLKSG
PLGGDQQIGAMIATGEVDMLIFFTDPLTAMPHDVDVKALTRLATVYDIPMALNRATAENL
IDFNSAD