Protein Info for GFF2739 in Sphingobium sp. HT1-2

Annotation: L-ectoine synthase (EC 4.2.1.108)

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Protein Families and Features

1 50 100 137 PF06339: Ectoine_synth" amino acids 1 to 125 (125 residues), 193.5 bits, see alignment E=7.3e-62

Best Hits

Swiss-Prot: 79% identical to ECTC_SPHAL: L-ectoine synthase (ectC) from Sphingopyxis alaskensis (strain DSM 13593 / LMG 18877 / RB2256)

KEGG orthology group: K06720, L-ectoine synthase [EC: 4.2.1.108] (inferred from 82% identity to npp:PP1Y_AT4607)

MetaCyc: 42% identical to ectoine synthase monomer (Halomonas elongata DSM 2581)
Ectoine synthase. [EC: 4.2.1.108]

Predicted SEED Role

"L-ectoine synthase (EC 4.2.1.-)" in subsystem Ectoine biosynthesis and regulation (EC 4.2.1.-)

MetaCyc Pathways

KEGG Metabolic Maps

Isozymes

Compare fitness of predicted isozymes for: 4.2.1.-

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Sequence Analysis Tools

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Compare to protein structures

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Protein Sequence (137 amino acids)

>GFF2739 L-ectoine synthase (EC 4.2.1.108) (Sphingobium sp. HT1-2)
MIVRKLQDIRKSDRNVKSKGWESARLLLKDDNMGFSFHVTTMYAGEELHMHYQNHLEAVL
VLKGTGTIEDLGTGITHQLAPGVMYALNAHDQHIVRPETDILCACTFNPPVTGKEVHDEN
GAYPADISAAREPALAD