Align Glycine betaine/proline betaine transporter BetS (characterized)
to candidate 14452 b0314 choline transporter of high affinity (NCBI)
Query= SwissProt::G3XCN6 (706 letters) >FitnessBrowser__Keio:14452 Length = 677 Score = 489 bits (1260), Expect = e-142 Identities = 258/660 (39%), Positives = 400/660 (60%), Gaps = 18/660 (2%) Query: 46 HQVQRFKVNLPVFVGSVAVIALFVGIGVIAPKRAESIFSGMQTAILSG-FGWLYLLSVAV 104 H ++ K+N VF S +I LF + I + +++ G +S FGW YLL+ + Sbjct: 6 HSREKDKINPVVFYTSAGLILLF-SLTTILFRDFSALWIGRTLDWVSKTFGWYYLLAATL 64 Query: 105 FLFSMLFLAFSRYGELKLGPDDSEPEFRYLSWIAMLFAAGMGIGLMYFAVGEPMTHFASP 164 ++ ++ +A SR+G +KLGP+ S+PEF LSW AMLFAAG+GI LM+F+V EP+T + P Sbjct: 65 YIVFVVCIACSRFGSVKLGPEQSKPEFSLLSWAAMLFAAGIGIDLMFFSVAEPVTQYMQP 124 Query: 165 PEAEPLTIAAQREAMSVTFFHWGVHAWAIYSVVGLSLAYFGYRYNLPLTVRSGLYPLLKE 224 PE TI A R+AM T FH+G+ W++Y+++G++L YF YRYNLPLT+RS LYP+ + Sbjct: 125 PEGAGQTIEAARQAMVWTLFHYGLTGWSMYALMGMALGYFSYRYNLPLTIRSALYPIFGK 184 Query: 225 GIHGPIGHVVDIFAICGTMFGLATSLGFGILQINSGLNYLLGIPQSIYVQLLLVTVVTAI 284 I+GPIGH VDI A+ GT+FG+AT+LG G++Q+N GL+ L IP S+ + L+ + I Sbjct: 185 RINGPIGHSVDIAAVIGTIFGIATTLGIGVVQLNYGLSVLFDIPDSMAAKAALIALSVII 244 Query: 285 ATISVVTGVEKGVRILSETNLFLAVLLMLFVLVVGPTGTLMRDFVQNIGLYLDSLVLRTF 344 ATISV +GV+KG+R+LSE N+ LA+ L+LFVL +G T L+ V N+G Y++ + T Sbjct: 245 ATISVTSGVDKGIRVLSELNVALALGLILFVLFMGDTSFLLNALVLNVGDYVNRFMGMTL 304 Query: 345 NIYAYE-PRPWIDSWTLFYWAWWISWSPFVGMFIARISRGRTVREFVTAVLFVPAMFTFL 403 N +A++ P W+++WTLF+WAWW++WSPFVG+F+ARISRGRT+R+FV L +P FT L Sbjct: 305 NSFAFDRPVEWMNNWTLFFWAWWVAWSPFVGLFLARISRGRTIRQFVLGTLIIPFTFTLL 364 Query: 404 WMTVFGNTAIYVDTTIANGELARDVKADLSVALFQFFEYLPWPAVTSTLAVLLVSIFFVT 463 W++VFGN+A+Y + A + + P ++++A + +F+VT Sbjct: 365 WLSVFGNSALY-EIIHGGAAFAEEAMVHPERGFYSLLAQYPAFTFSASVATITGLLFYVT 423 Query: 464 SSDSGSLVIDTIAS---GGETATPALQRIFWCSLSGIVAAVLLSTGGLTALQSATISTAL 520 S+DSG+LV+ S + P R+FW G++ +L T G++ALQ+ T+ L Sbjct: 424 SADSGALVLGNFTSQLKDINSDAPGWLRVFWSVAIGLLTLGMLMTNGISALQNTTVIMGL 483 Query: 521 PFSLVMLILVWSLFVGMRA-DLARTQSPGSLGPRAYPASG-VPWQRRLAMTLSTPDRRAV 578 PFS V+ ++ L+ ++ D R + PR + W++RL+ ++ P R Sbjct: 484 PFSFVIFFVMAGLYKSLKVEDYRRESANRDTAPRPLGLQDRLSWKKRLSRLMNYPGTRYT 543 Query: 579 EKFLQASVLPALEAVARELTRR-------SRPASVGRDAETGALTLTVPAEGHRDFVYGV 631 ++ ++ PA+E VA+EL R S P G+ + G L L V ++FVY + Sbjct: 544 KQMMETVCYPAMEEVAQELRLRGAYVELKSLPPEEGQ--QLGHLDLLVHMGEEQNFVYQI 601 Query: 632 QMSEHKLPAFTAYDATVADVRYEARTFFSDGSRGYDIMGMADNQIINDVLFQFERYTGFV 691 ++ +P FT + Y TF +GS+G D+M + Q+I D+L Q+ER+ F+ Sbjct: 602 WPQQYSVPGFTYRARSGKSTYYRLETFLLEGSQGNDLMDYSKEQVITDILDQYERHLNFI 661 Lambda K H 0.326 0.139 0.422 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: 1262 Number of extensions: 68 Number of successful extensions: 7 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: 706 Length of database: 677 Length adjustment: 39 Effective length of query: 667 Effective length of database: 638 Effective search space: 425546 Effective search space used: 425546 Neighboring words threshold: 11 Window for multiple hits: 40 X1: 15 ( 7.1 bits) X2: 38 (14.6 bits) X3: 64 (24.7 bits) S1: 40 (21.7 bits) S2: 54 (25.4 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