Protein Info for HEPCGN_03090 in Escherichia coli ECOR38

Name: wcaL
Annotation: colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyltransferase WcaL

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Protein Families and Features

1 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 406 signal peptide" amino acids 1 to 15 (15 residues), see Phobius details TIGR04005: colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyltransferase WcaL" amino acids 1 to 406 (406 residues), 873.3 bits, see alignment E=1.1e-267 PF20706: GT4-conflict" amino acids 194 to 388 (195 residues), 42.5 bits, see alignment E=1.1e-14 PF00534: Glycos_transf_1" amino acids 215 to 382 (168 residues), 133.2 bits, see alignment E=1.9e-42 PF13692: Glyco_trans_1_4" amino acids 225 to 366 (142 residues), 101.1 bits, see alignment E=1.7e-32 PF13524: Glyco_trans_1_2" amino acids 244 to 391 (148 residues), 27.8 bits, see alignment E=5.7e-10

Best Hits

Swiss-Prot: 98% identical to WCAL_ECOLI: Putative colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyltransferase WcaL (wcaL) from Escherichia coli (strain K12)

KEGG orthology group: None (inferred from 100% identity to ect:ECIAI39_0971)

Predicted SEED Role

"Colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyl transferase WcaL" in subsystem Colanic acid biosynthesis

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Protein Sequence (406 amino acids)

>HEPCGN_03090 colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyltransferase WcaL (Escherichia coli ECOR38)
MKVGFFLLKFPLSSETFVLNQITAFIDMGFEVEIVALQKGDTQNTHAAWTKYNLAARTRW
LQDEPTGKVAKLRHRASQTLRGIHRKNTWQALNLKRYGAESRNLILSAICGQVAIPFYAD
VFIAHFGPAGVTAAKLRELGVIRGKIATIFHGIDISSREVLNHYTPEYQQLFRRGELMLP
ISDLWAGRLQKMGCPREKIAVSRMGVDMTRFSPRPVKAPATPLEIISVARLTEKKGLHVA
IEACRQLKEQGVAFRYRILGIGPWERRLRTLIEQYQLEDVIEMPGFKPSHEVKAMLDDAD
VFLLPSVTGADGDMEGIPVALMEAMAVGIPVVSTLHSGIPELVEADKSGWLVPENDACAL
AQRLAAFSQLDTDELTTVVKRAREKVEHDFNQQVINRELASLLQAL