Protein Info for ECD_03146 in Escherichia coli BL21

Annotation: RNA polymerase, alpha subunit

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Protein Families and Features

1 50 100 150 200 250 300 329 TIGR02027: DNA-directed RNA polymerase, alpha subunit" amino acids 24 to 316 (293 residues), 375.4 bits, see alignment E=9.6e-117 PF01193: RNA_pol_L" amino acids 29 to 228 (200 residues), 88.7 bits, see alignment E=2.4e-29 PF01000: RNA_pol_A_bac" amino acids 59 to 178 (120 residues), 121.1 bits, see alignment E=4.6e-39 PF03118: RNA_pol_A_CTD" amino acids 244 to 308 (65 residues), 84.3 bits, see alignment E=5.9e-28

Best Hits

Swiss-Prot: 100% identical to RPOA_SALTI: DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha (rpoA) from Salmonella typhi

KEGG orthology group: K03040, DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha [EC: 2.7.7.6] (inferred from 100% identity to eco:b3295)

MetaCyc: 100% identical to RNA polymerase subunit alpha (Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655)
DNA-directed RNA polymerase. [EC: 2.7.7.6]

Predicted SEED Role

"DNA-directed RNA polymerase alpha subunit (EC 2.7.7.6)" in subsystem RNA polymerase bacterial (EC 2.7.7.6)

KEGG Metabolic Maps

Isozymes

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Sequence Analysis Tools

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Protein Sequence (329 amino acids)

>ECD_03146 RNA polymerase, alpha subunit (Escherichia coli BL21)
MQGSVTEFLKPRLVDIEQVSSTHAKVTLEPLERGFGHTLGNALRRILLSSMPGCAVTEVE
IDGVLHEYSTKEGVQEDILEILLNLKGLAVRVQGKDEVILTLNKSGIGPVTAADITHDGD
VEIVKPQHVICHLTDENASISMRIKVQRGRGYVPASTRIHSEEDERPIGRLLVDACYSPV
ERIAYNVEAARVEQRTDLDKLVIEMETNGTIDPEEAIRRAATILAEQLEAFVDLRDVRQP
EVKEEKPEFDPILLRPVDDLELTVRSANCLKAEAIHYIGDLVQRTEVELLKTPNLGKKSL
TEIKDVLASRGLSLGMRLENWPPASIADE