Gene Details


gene name: fixB


locus tag k12ECK0043 Crenarchaeota Euryarchaeota Nanoarcheota Alphaproteobacteria Betaproteobacteria Gammaproteobacteria Deltaproteobacteria Epsilonproteobacteria Cyanobacteria Actinobacteridae Firmicutes Spirochaetes others Protist Microsporidia Fungi Metazoa Plantae
information on phylogenetic profile
locus tag mg1655b0042
locus tag w3110JW0041
gene name k12fixB
locus namefixB
synonyms of locus nameyaaR

scop id52431; 52467
superfamilyETFP adenine nucleotide-binding domain-like; DHS-like NAD/FAD-binding domain
pfam idPF00766
pfam domainElectron transfer flavoprotein alpha subuni
TIGRFAMno information

swissprot nameFIXB_ECOLI
descriptionProtein fixB.
seq length313
fastaseq

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

gene product descriptionpredicted electron transfer flavoprotein, NAD/FAD-binding domain and ETFP adenine nucleotide-binding domain-like
comment gene product descriptionrole in anaerobic carnitine metabolism
evidenceC
context
gene product descCarrier, 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
 
145 166 151 151 147 134 1 1 1 1 1 1 139 1 1 1 164 154 1 1
93 97 112 1 132 142 133 133 126 159 132 137 132 1 1 109 116 109 118 105
105 109 128 119 1 1 1 115 1 124 124 125 120 120 116 108 111 1 125 1
114 1 1 1 1 1 1 124 122 1 117 1 1 1 1 1 128 1 129 132
126 144 112 119 134 1 1 76 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 122 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 124
1 107 1 1 1 1 103 1 267 610 610 1 120 122 1 1 1 1 112 112
104 530 530 530 118 517 268 1 127 119 1 120 117 107 110 1 1 1 1 96
92 1 1 1 1 1 1 112 139 125 1 1 127 118 131 1 142 1 1 142
115 97 96 99 75 89 98 112 119 117 113 111 115 112 1 108 94 1 1