Protein Info for IAI46_14045 in Serratia liquefaciens MT49

Annotation: tryptophan synthase subunit alpha

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Protein Families and Features

1 50 100 150 200 268 TIGR00262: tryptophan synthase, alpha subunit" amino acids 8 to 263 (256 residues), 350.7 bits, see alignment E=1.6e-109 PF00290: Trp_syntA" amino acids 8 to 266 (259 residues), 333.6 bits, see alignment E=2.9e-104

Best Hits

Swiss-Prot: 94% identical to TRPA_SERP5: Tryptophan synthase alpha chain (trpA) from Serratia proteamaculans (strain 568)

KEGG orthology group: K01695, tryptophan synthase alpha chain [EC: 4.2.1.20] (inferred from 94% identity to spe:Spro_2672)

MetaCyc: 76% identical to tryptophan synthase subunit alpha (Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655)
Tryptophan synthase. [EC: 4.2.1.20]; Indole-3-glycerol-phosphate lyase. [EC: 4.2.1.20, 4.1.2.8]

Predicted SEED Role

"Tryptophan synthase alpha chain (EC 4.2.1.20)" in subsystem Auxin biosynthesis or Tryptophan synthesis (EC 4.2.1.20)

MetaCyc Pathways

KEGG Metabolic Maps

Isozymes

Compare fitness of predicted isozymes for: 4.2.1.20

Use Curated BLAST to search for 4.1.2.8 or 4.2.1.20

Sequence Analysis Tools

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Search structures

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Protein Sequence (268 amino acids)

>IAI46_14045 tryptophan synthase subunit alpha (Serratia liquefaciens MT49)
MERYQQLFNRLADKKEGAFVPFVTLGDPNPALSLQIVDTLVEAGADALELGIPFSDPLAD
GPTIQSAALRAFASGVTPTQCFEMLAAIRQKHPNIPIGLLMYANLVFHKGIDAFYQRCAE
VGVDSVLIADVPYEESAPFRAAATRHGIAPIFICPPNADDDLLREISSHGRGYTYLLSRA
GVTGTESRAELPLHHLVNKLREYHAAPPLQGFGISEPAQVRDALQAGATGAISGSAIVKI
IEQNQANPTEMLTKLANFTREMKAATRA