Align Amino-acid carrier protein, AlsT (characterized)
to candidate PP_0496 PP_0496 Sodium/alanine symporter
Query= TCDB::Q45068 (465 letters) >FitnessBrowser__Putida:PP_0496 Length = 480 Score = 395 bits (1015), Expect = e-114 Identities = 207/452 (45%), Positives = 291/452 (64%), Gaps = 7/452 (1%) Query: 8 LINIPSDFI-WKYLFYILIGLGLFFTIRFGFIQFRYFIEMFRIVGEKPEGNKG-VSSMQA 65 ++ + +DF+ K L +++GLG +FTIR F+QFR+F MF + E G G +SS QA Sbjct: 1 MLEVINDFLSGKLLIVLIVGLGSYFTIRSRFVQFRHFTHMFSVFKESLRGQAGQLSSFQA 60 Query: 66 FFISAASRVGTGNLTGVALAIATGGPGAVFWMWVVAAVGMASSFVESTLAQLYKVRDGED 125 +S A RVG GN+ GV +A+ GGPGAVFWMWV A VGM+SSF E TLAQ+YK DG+ Sbjct: 61 LMLSLAGRVGAGNIAGVGIAVTLGGPGAVFWMWVTALVGMSSSFFECTLAQVYKRADGDG 120 Query: 126 -FRGGPAYYIQKGLGARWLGIVFAILITVSFGLIFNAVQTNTIAGALDGAFHVNKIVVAI 184 +RGGPAYYIQ GL + + IVF+IL+ V++G F +Q+ T+ +L AF + I Sbjct: 121 LYRGGPAYYIQHGLKRKSMAIVFSILLLVTYGFAFIGLQSYTVTHSLQNAFAFDPSHTGI 180 Query: 185 VLAVLTAFIIFGGLKRVVAVSQLIVPVMAGIYILIALFVVITNITAFPGVIATIVKNALG 244 VLAVL A GG+KR+ AVS L+VPV YI + L+V+ T I P ++ TI K+A G Sbjct: 181 VLAVLLAITFIGGIKRIAAVSDLLVPVKTLAYIGVTLYVIGTQIEHVPAMLETIFKSAFG 240 Query: 245 FEQVVGGGIGGIIVIGAQRGLFSNEAGMGSAPNAAATAHVSHPAKQGFIQTLGVFFDTFI 304 + G +G IV+G +RG+F+NEAG+GSAPN AA A V HP QG +Q VF DTF+ Sbjct: 241 LDPAFAGLLGSAIVMGVKRGVFANEAGLGSAPNVAAVAAVKHPGAQGVVQAFSVFLDTFV 300 Query: 305 ICTSTAFIILL---YSVTPKGDGIQVTQAALNHHIGGWAPTFIAVAMFLFAFSSVVGNYY 361 ICT TA +ILL Y+ +GDGI +TQ +L +G W F++VA+ LF F+ ++ NYY Sbjct: 301 ICTCTALLILLSGFYTPGFEGDGIVLTQNSLAAVVGDWGRVFVSVALSLFVFTCILYNYY 360 Query: 362 YGETNIEFIKTSKTWLNIYRIAVIAMVVYGSLSGFQIVWDMADLFMGIMALINLIVIALL 421 GE +++F+ ++ L ++R V+A+VV+GS+ V+ AD+ M +A +NL+ +ALL Sbjct: 361 LGENSLQFLSRNRVVLMVFRGLVLALVVWGSMQDLSTVFAFADITMTCLAFVNLVALALL 420 Query: 422 SNVAYKVYKDYAKQRKQGL-DPVFKAKNIPGL 452 V +V +DY QRK G+ PVF + L Sbjct: 421 FKVGLRVMRDYDDQRKAGVKQPVFDSSKFADL 452 Lambda K H 0.327 0.142 0.426 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: 560 Number of extensions: 25 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: 465 Length of database: 480 Length adjustment: 33 Effective length of query: 432 Effective length of database: 447 Effective search space: 193104 Effective search space used: 193104 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: 51 (24.3 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