Protein Info for HEPCGN_16355 in Escherichia coli ECOR38

Name: fmt
Annotation: methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase

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Protein Families and Features

1 50 100 150 200 250 315 TIGR00460: methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase" amino acids 5 to 312 (308 residues), 419.8 bits, see alignment E=3.1e-130 PF00551: Formyl_trans_N" amino acids 6 to 183 (178 residues), 195.4 bits, see alignment E=7.6e-62 PF02911: Formyl_trans_C" amino acids 207 to 304 (98 residues), 114.6 bits, see alignment E=2.1e-37

Best Hits

Swiss-Prot: 100% identical to FMT_ECO7I: Methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase (fmt) from Escherichia coli O7:K1 (strain IAI39 / ExPEC)

KEGG orthology group: K00604, methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase [EC: 2.1.2.9] (inferred from 99% identity to eco:b3288)

MetaCyc: 99% identical to 10-formyltetrahydrofolate:L-methionyl-tRNAfMet N-formyltransferase (Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655)
Methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase. [EC: 2.1.2.9]; 2.1.2.9 [EC: 2.1.2.9]

Predicted SEED Role

"Methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase (EC 2.1.2.9)" in subsystem Conserved gene cluster associated with Met-tRNA formyltransferase or Folate Biosynthesis (EC 2.1.2.9)

KEGG Metabolic Maps

Isozymes

No predicted isozymes

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Sequence Analysis Tools

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Predict protein localization: PSORTb (Gram-negative bacteria)

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Protein Sequence (315 amino acids)

>HEPCGN_16355 methionyl-tRNA formyltransferase (Escherichia coli ECOR38)
VSESLRIIFAGTPDFAARHLDALLSSGHNVVGVFTQPDRPAGRGKKLMPSPVKVLAEEKG
LPVFQPVSLRPQENQQLVADLQADVMVVVAYGLILPKAVLEMPRLGCINVHGSLLPRWRG
AAPIQRSLWTGDAETGVTIMQMDVGLDTGDMLYKLSCPITAEDTSGTLYDKLAELGPQGL
ITTLKQLADGTAKPEVQDETLVTYAEKLSKEEARIDWSLSAAQLERCIRAFNPWPMSWLE
IEGQPVKVWKASVIDTATNAAPGTILEANKQGIQVATGDGILNLLSLQPAGKKAMSAQDL
LNSRREWFVPGNRLV