Protein Info for b3168 in Escherichia coli BW25113
Name: infB
Annotation: translation initiation factor IF-2 (NCBI)
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Protein Families and Features
Best Hits
Swiss-Prot: 93% identical to IF2_CITK8: Translation initiation factor IF-2 (infB) from Citrobacter koseri (strain ATCC BAA-895 / CDC 4225-83 / SGSC4696)
KEGG orthology group: K02519, translation initiation factor IF-2 (inferred from 94% identity to enc:ECL_04550)Predicted SEED Role
"Translation initiation factor 2" in subsystem NusA-TFII Cluster or Translation initiation factors eukaryotic and archaeal or Universal GTPases
Sequence Analysis Tools
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Protein Sequence (890 amino acids)
>b3168 translation initiation factor IF-2 (NCBI) (Escherichia coli BW25113) MTDVTIKTLAAERQTSVERLVQQFADAGIRKSADDSVSAQEKQTLIDHLNQKNSGPDKLT LQRKTRSTLNIPGTGGKSKSVQIEVRKKRTFVKRDPQEAERLAAEEQAQREAEEQARREA EESAKREAQQKAEREAAEQAKREAAEQAKREAAEKDKVSNQQDDMTKNAQAEKARREQEA AELKRKAEEEARRKLEEEARRVAEEARRMAEENKWTDNAEPTEDSSDYHVTTSQHARQAE DESDREVEGGRGRGRNAKAARPKKGNKHAESKADREEARAAVRGGKGGKRKGSSLQQGFQ KPAQAVNRDVVIGETITVGELANKMAVKGSQVIKAMMKLGAMATINQVIDQETAQLVAEE MGHKVILRRENELEEAVMSDRDTGAAAEPRAPVVTIMGHVDHGKTSLLDYIRSTKVASGE AGGITQHIGAYHVETENGMITFLDTPGHAAFTSMRARGAQATDIVVLVVAADDGVMPQTI EAIQHAKAAQVPVVVAVNKIDKPEADPDRVKNELSQYGILPEEWGGESQFVHVSAKAGTG IDELLDAILLQAEVLELKAVRKGMASGAVIESFLDKGRGPVATVLVREGTLHKGDIVLCG FEYGRVRAMRNELGQEVLEAGPSIPVEILGLSGVPAAGDEVTVVRDEKKAREVALYRQGK FREVKLARQQKSKLENMFANMTEGEVHEVNIVLKADVQGSVEAISDSLLKLSTDEVKVKI IGSGVGGITETDATLAAASNAILVGFNVRADASARKVIEAESLDLRYYSVIYNLIDEVKA AMSGMLSPELKQQIIGLAEVRDVFKSPKFGAIAGCMVTEGVVKRHNPIRVLRDNVVIYEG ELESLRRFKDDVNEVRNGMECGIGVKNYNDVRTGDVIEVFEIIEIQRTIA