Gene info for BT1861 in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482

Updated annotation (from data): 2-isopropylmalate synthase (EC 2.3.3.13)
Rationale: Important for fitness in most defined media. Hits TIGR00973 and 47% identical to the 2-isopropylmalate synthase from Leptospira interrogans (Q8F445).
Original annotation: 2-isopropylmalate synthase (NCBI ptt file)
Type 1: Protein-coding gene
Located on scaffold 241, - strand, nucleotides 2,334,703 to 2,336,199
See nucleotide sequence around BT1861 or for all of scaffold 241

Other databases: MicrobesOnline, NCBI, refseq: BT_RS09425, uniprot: Q8A6L6

Nearby Genes

Locus	Name	Description	Strand	Phenotype
BT1856	BT1856	hypothetical protein (NCBI ptt file)	-	insig.
BT1857	BT1857	3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase (NCBI ptt file)	-	strong
BT1858	BT1858	(R)-citramalate synthase (EC 2.3.1.182) (from data)	-	strong
BT1859	BT1859	3-isopropylmalate dehydratase small subunit (NCBI ptt file)	-	strong
BT1860	BT1860	3-isopropylmalate dehydratase large subunit (NCBI ptt file)	-	strong
BT1861	BT1861	2-isopropylmalate synthase (EC 2.3.3.13) (from data)	-	strong
BT1862	BT1862	hypothetical protein (NCBI ptt file)	-	insig.
BT_r04	BT_r04	5S ribosomal RNA (RefSeq)	-	no data
BT_r05	BT_r05	23S ribosomal RNA (RefSeq)	-	no data
BT_t31	tRNA-Ala	tRNA-Ala (RefSeq)	-	no data
BT_t32	tRNA-Ile	tRNA-Ile (RefSeq)	-	no data

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