Protein Info for ECD_03943 in Escherichia coli BL21

Annotation: nitrite reductase, formate-dependent, penta-heme cytochrome c

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Protein Families and Features

1 50 100 150 188 signal peptide" amino acids 1 to 32 (32 residues), see Phobius details TIGR03146: cytochrome c nitrite reductase, pentaheme subunit" amino acids 36 to 171 (136 residues), 198.6 bits, see alignment E=2.8e-63 PF13435: Cytochrome_C554" amino acids 36 to 83 (48 residues), 15.8 bits, see alignment E=5.6e-06 amino acids 107 to 143 (37 residues), 15.5 bits, see alignment 7.2e-06

Best Hits

Swiss-Prot: 100% identical to NRFB_ECOLI: Cytochrome c-type protein NrfB (nrfB) from Escherichia coli (strain K12)

KEGG orthology group: K04013, formate-dependent nitrite reductase, penta-haeme cytochrome c (inferred from 100% identity to eco:b4071)

MetaCyc: 100% identical to periplasmic nitrite reductase penta-heme c-type cytochrome (Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655)

Predicted SEED Role

"Cytochrome c-type protein NrfB precursor" in subsystem Nitrate and nitrite ammonification

Sequence Analysis Tools

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Protein Sequence (188 amino acids)

>ECD_03943 nitrite reductase, formate-dependent, penta-heme cytochrome c (Escherichia coli BL21)
MSVLRSLLTAGVLASGLLWSLNGITATPAAQASDDRYEVTQQRNPDAACLDCHKPDTEGM
HGKHASVINPNNKLPVTCTNCHGQPSPQHREGVKDVMRFNEPMYKVGEQNSVCMSCHLPE
QLQKAFWPHDVHVTKVACASCHSLHPQQDTMQTLSDKGRIKICVDCHSDQRTNPNFNPAS
VPLLKEQP