Gene Details


gene name: fixA


locus tag k12ECK0042 Crenarchaeota Euryarchaeota Nanoarcheota Alphaproteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Epsilonproteobacteria Cyanobacteria Actinobacteridae Firmicutes Spirochaetes others Protist Microsporidia Fungi Metazoa Plantae
information on phylogenetic profile
locus tag mg1655b0041
locus tag w3110JW0040
gene name k12fixA
locus namefixA
synonyms of locus nameyaaQ

scop id52431
superfamilyETFP adenine nucleotide-binding domain-like
pfam idPF01012
pfam domainElectron transfer flavoprotein beta subunit
TIGRFAMno information

swissprot nameFIXA_ECOLI
descriptionProtein fixA.
seq length256
fastaseq

go idGO:0016052; GO:0016052
go termcarbohydrate catabolism; carb catab

gene product descriptionpredicted electron transfer flavoprotein subunit, ETFP adenine nucleotide-binding domain
comment gene product descriptionrole in anaerobic carnitine metabolism
evidenceC
context
gene product descEnzyme, predicted
cell locationCytoplasmic
featuresCDS

functional category codeC
functional categoryEnergy production and conversion

reference #1Regulation of the carnitine pathway in Escherichia coli: investigation of the cai-fix divergent promoter region.

Buchet A., Eichler K., Mandrand-Berthelot M. (J Bacteriol. 1998 May; 180(10):2599-608)
reference #2The fix Escherichia coli region contains four genes related to carnitine metabolism.

Eichler K., Buchet A., Bourgis F., Kleber H., Mandrand-Berthelot M. (J Basic Microbiol. 1995; 35(4):217-27)
reference #3The fixA and fixB genes are necessary for anaerobic carnitine reduction in Escherichia coli.

Walt A., Kahn M. (J Bacteriol. 2002 Jul; 184(14):4044-7)

phylogenetic profile
 
96 101 94 99 64 73 1 1 1 1 1 1 82 1 1 1 75 80 1 1
64 72 73 1 100 100 100 100 101 89 102 97 91 1 1 60 70 69 62 70
70 57 69 70 1 1 1 65 1 75 75 73 73 73 74 68 68 1 67 1
68 1 1 1 1 1 1 79 86 1 82 1 1 1 1 1 92 92 92 85
84 82 94 97 89 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 81 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 94
1 61 1 1 1 1 69 1 479 479 479 1 73 73 1 1 1 1 64 63
70 415 415 415 80 474 474 1 57 57 1 68 63 61 61 1 1 1 1 69
64 1 1 1 1 1 1 97 67 83 1 1 81 57 59 1 80 1 1 80
50 1 65 1 64 55 59 1 63 62 1 59 63 64 1 60 59 1 1