Gene Details


gene name: caiB


locus tag k12ECK0039 Crenarchaeota Euryarchaeota Nanoarcheota Alphaproteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Epsilonproteobacteria Cyanobacteria Actinobacteridae Firmicutes Spirochaetes others Protist Microsporidia Fungi Metazoa Plantae
information on phylogenetic profile
locus tag mg1655b0038
locus tag w3110JW0037
gene name k12caiB
locus namecaiB
synonyms of locus nameyaaN

SCOPno information
pfam idPF02515
pfam domainCoA-transferase family III
TIGRFAMno information

swissprot nameCAIB_ECOLI
descriptionCrotonobetainyl-CoA:carnitine CoA-transferase (EC 2.8.3.-).
seq length405
fastaseq

go idGO:0005737; GO:0009310; GO:0042413
go termcytoplasm; amine catabolism; carnitine catabolism

gene product descriptioncrotonobetainyl CoA:carnitine CoA transferase
comment gene product description
evidenceE
context
gene product descEnzyme
cell locationCytoplasmic
featuresCDS

functional category codeC
functional categoryEnergy production and conversion

reference #1Involvement of coenzyme A esters and two new enzymes, an enoyl-CoA hydratase and a CoA-transferase, in the hydration of crotonobetaine to L-carnitine by Escherichia coli.

Elssner T., Engemann C., Baumgart K., Kleber H. (Biochemistry. 2001 Sep 18; 40(37):11140-8)
reference #2Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Escherichia coli gene encoding carnitine dehydratase.

Eichler K., Schunck W., Kleber H., Mandrand-Berthelot M. (J Bacteriol. 1994 May; 176(10):2970-5)
reference #3Molecular characterization of the cai operon necessary for carnitine metabolism in Escherichia coli.

Eichler K., Bourgis F., Buchet A., Kleber H., Mandrand-Berthelot M. (Mol Microbiol. 1994 Sep; 13(5):775-86)
reference #4Crotonobetaine reductase from Escherichia coli consists of two proteins.

Preusser A., Wagner U., Elssner T., Kleber H. (Biochim Biophys Acta. 1999 Apr 12; 1431(1):166-78)
reference #5Crystal structure of CaiB, a type-III CoA transferase in carnitine metabolism.

Stenmark P., Gurmu D., Nordlund P. (Biochemistry. 2004 Nov 9; 43(44):13996-4003)
reference #6Metabolism of L(-)-carnitine by Enterobacteriaceae under aerobic conditions.

Elssner T., Preusser A., Wagner U., Kleber H. (FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1999 May 15; 174(2):295-301)

phylogenetic profile
 
1 1 99 107 185 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 99 1 1
1 70 1 1 80 1 80 80 117 97 157 150 105 1 1 110 1 1 125 108
108 142 96 105 1 1 1 106 1 133 133 112 148 147 119 1 1 1 124 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 125 1 62 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 148 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 102 1 1 1 1 1 1 811 813 813 1 78 71 1 1 1 86 139 133
135 787 789 787 1 815 815 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 50 1 1 1 1 1 101 1 98 1 1 98
1 1 1 1 70 1 1 92 64 55 59 78 77 77 1 1 1 1 1