Align Alr3027 protein, component of The 2-oxo monocarboxylate transporter (Pernil et al., 2010). Transports pyruvate which is inhibited by various 2-ketoacids (characterized)
to candidate 3608576 Dshi_1970 TRAP dicarboxylate transporter, DctM subunit (RefSeq)
Query= TCDB::Q8YSQ7 (445 letters) >FitnessBrowser__Dino:3608576 Length = 688 Score = 370 bits (951), Expect = e-107 Identities = 199/464 (42%), Positives = 294/464 (63%), Gaps = 29/464 (6%) Query: 6 EWLGPVMFAGALVLLSSGYPVAFSLGGVAILF---------------GLLGIGLGVFDPI 50 E L MF + LL +GYPVA+ L GV + + GL G G+ D + Sbjct: 226 EKLVVAMFITFIALLFTGYPVAWVLSGVGVAYCGLAFLFDNDLMLWTGLEGTLTGL-DYL 284 Query: 51 FLTAMPQRIFGIMANYTLLAIPYFIFMGAMLEKSGIAERLLETMGILLGRLRGGLALAVV 110 L A R++ M+N L+A+P FIFMG ML++SG+AERL+ +M L G+ RGGLA+ V Sbjct: 285 TLGATVNRVYATMSNAVLVALPMFIFMGLMLDESGVAERLMTSMQRLFGKTRGGLAITVT 344 Query: 111 LVGALLAATTGVVAATVVAMGLISLPIMLRYGYNKELATGVIAASGTLGQIIPPSVVLVV 170 ++G +LAA+TG++ A+VV +G++SLP M++ Y+ LA GV++ASGTLG +IPPS++LV+ Sbjct: 345 MIGIILAASTGIIGASVVLLGVLSLPAMMQQKYSPRLAAGVVSASGTLGILIPPSIMLVI 404 Query: 171 LGDQLGISVGDLFIGSVIPGLMMASAFALHVLIVAFIRPDVAPALPAQVREIGGKALGKR 230 + DQ+ +SVGDLF+ +V PG+++ + +++ ++++++PDVAP +P + +A+ K Sbjct: 405 MADQMALSVGDLFMAAVFPGVIIGGLYLVYIFVISYLKPDVAP-VPEGAQSPDWQAV-KD 462 Query: 231 VIQVMIPPLILILLVLGSIFFGFATPTEAGAVGCAGAIALAAANGQFTLESLRQVCDTTL 290 V+ ++P L LIL VLGSIF G TPTEA +G GA LA + TL L V +T Sbjct: 463 VMVAVLPTLGLILAVLGSIFAGICTPTEASGIGALGATLLALGYRKLTLHKLVNVLVSTF 522 Query: 291 RITSMVVFILIGSTAFSLVFRGLNGDQFMFDVLANLPGGKIGFLFVSMTTVFLLGFFIDF 350 T+ + I +G+T FS V R L GD + ++A G G + + VFLLGF +D+ Sbjct: 523 NTTAYIFAIFLGATVFSYVLRELGGDALIEHMIAATGLGPNGTILFILFIVFLLGFVLDW 582 Query: 351 FEIAFIVIPLFVPVAQKLGID-----------LVWYGVILGANLQTSFLTPPFGFALFYL 399 EI IV+PL P+ LG+D LVW+ +++ LQTSFLTPP GFALFYL Sbjct: 583 IEITLIVLPLMRPIVNALGMDIPGFGVLDEPTLVWFVILVAVTLQTSFLTPPVGFALFYL 642 Query: 400 RGVAPPEVTTSDIYRGVIPFILLQLLVLLLIIIFPGIVSFLPSL 443 +GV PPE+ DIY+G+IPF+LLQL L L+ + P + ++LPS+ Sbjct: 643 KGVCPPEIKLLDIYKGIIPFVLLQLTGLALVFLLPALATWLPSV 686 Lambda K H 0.331 0.149 0.437 Gapped Lambda K H 0.267 0.0410 0.140 Matrix: BLOSUM62 Gap Penalties: Existence: 11, Extension: 1 Number of Sequences: 1 Number of Hits to DB: 818 Number of extensions: 35 Number of successful extensions: 4 Number of sequences better than 1.0e-02: 1 Number of HSP's gapped: 1 Number of HSP's successfully gapped: 1 Length of query: 445 Length of database: 688 Length adjustment: 36 Effective length of query: 409 Effective length of database: 652 Effective search space: 266668 Effective search space used: 266668 Neighboring words threshold: 11 Window for multiple hits: 40 X1: 15 ( 7.2 bits) X2: 38 (14.6 bits) X3: 64 (24.7 bits) S1: 40 (21.8 bits) S2: 53 (25.0 bits)
This GapMind analysis is from Sep 17 2021. The underlying query database was built on Sep 17 2021.
Each pathway is defined by a set of rules based on individual steps or genes. Candidates for each step are identified by using ublast (a fast alternative to protein BLAST) against a database of manually-curated proteins (most of which are experimentally characterized) or by using HMMer with enzyme models (usually from TIGRFam). Ublast hits may be split across two different proteins.
A candidate for a step is "high confidence" if either:
Otherwise, a candidate is "medium confidence" if either:
Other blast hits with at least 50% coverage are "low confidence."
Steps with no high- or medium-confidence candidates may be considered "gaps." For the typical bacterium that can make all 20 amino acids, there are 1-2 gaps in amino acid biosynthesis pathways. For diverse bacteria and archaea that can utilize a carbon source, there is a complete high-confidence catabolic pathway (including a transporter) just 38% of the time, and there is a complete medium-confidence pathway 63% of the time. Gaps may be due to:
GapMind relies on the predicted proteins in the genome and does not search the six-frame translation. In most cases, you can search the six-frame translation by clicking on links to Curated BLAST for each step definition (in the per-step page).
For more information, see the paper from 2019 on GapMind for amino acid biosynthesis, the paper from 2022 on GapMind for carbon sources, or view the source code.
If you notice any errors or omissions in the step descriptions, or any questionable results, please let us know
by Morgan Price, Arkin group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory