Align ornithine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.17) (characterized)
to candidate SMa0682 SMa0682 decarboxylase (lysine, ornithine, arginine)
Query= BRENDA::Q5ZH57 (745 letters) >FitnessBrowser__Smeli:SMa0682 Length = 756 Score = 366 bits (939), Expect = e-105 Identities = 231/687 (33%), Positives = 349/687 (50%), Gaps = 45/687 (6%) Query: 76 IPIFIITDDSSKVDGETMSKIFHIIDWHNNYDRRLYD-------REIEAAAKKYEDGVLP 128 +PIF+ DD+ T + + H N RL++ R I AA+ Y + + P Sbjct: 93 LPIFLFGDDT------TAEMVPAPVLRHANAFMRLFEDSPEFMARAIVRAAQNYLERLPP 146 Query: 129 PFFKALKAYVERGNIQFDCPGHQGGQYFRKSPAGREFYNFYGENIFRSDICNADVDLGDL 188 P FKAL Y G + PGH GG FRKSP G+ FY F+GEN RSDI + +G L Sbjct: 147 PMFKALMEYTLHGAYSWHTPGHGGGVAFRKSPVGQLFYTFFGENTLRSDISVSVGSVGSL 206 Query: 189 LIHEGPAMDAEKHAARVFNADKTYFVMNGTTTSNNIAITAAVAPGDLVLFDRNNHKSVYN 248 L H GP + E++AAR+F AD+T FV+ GT+T+N I V DLVL DRN HKS+ + Sbjct: 207 LDHVGPIGEGERNAARIFGADETLFVVGGTSTANKIVWQGMVTRNDLVLCDRNCHKSILH 266 Query: 249 AALVQAGGRPVYLETSRDSYGFIGGIYSKDFDEKSIREKIAKVDPEKAKAKRPFRLAVIQ 308 +L+ G P+YL SR+ G IG I + F ++I KI P ++ RL V+ Sbjct: 267 -SLIMTGATPIYLTPSRNGLGIIGPIAKEQFTPEAIAHKIV-ASPFASETNGKVRLMVVT 324 Query: 309 LGTYDGTIYNAKQVVERIGHLCDYILFDSAWVGYEQFIPMMKDSSPLLLNLGP---DDPG 365 TYDG YN + +G + + FD AW Y F D + + P + Sbjct: 325 NSTYDGLCYNVDGIKSALGDAVEVLHFDEAWFAYANFHEFY-DGYHAISSTKPARSQEAI 383 Query: 366 ILVTQSTHKQQAGFSQASQIHKKDSHIKGQKRYINHKQFNNAYMKFSSTSPFYPLFATLD 425 TQSTHK A FSQAS +H + + K ++ +FN A+M +STSP Y + A+ D Sbjct: 384 TFATQSTHKLLAAFSQASMLHVQHAVAK----QLDITRFNEAFMMHTSTSPQYGIIASCD 439 Query: 426 INAKMQEGEAGKKLWHDAL------VTSVNARKNLLKNATMIKPFLPPVVHGKPWQDADT 479 + A M E AG+ L + + +VNA + ++++ + + PP+ P DA + Sbjct: 440 VAAAMMEQPAGRALVQETIDEAMSFRRAVNAVRTQMQDSWWFEVWEPPIADRAP-SDATS 498 Query: 480 EKIVSDIDYWKFEKGAKWHGFDGYADNQYFVDPNKFMLTTPGIDVETGEYEDFGIPAVIL 539 + W + G WHGF+ A+N VDP K + +PG++ G + GIPA ++ Sbjct: 499 D--------WLLKPGDAWHGFEDLAENHVMVDPIKVTILSPGLNA-GGAMLEHGIPAAVV 549 Query: 540 ANYLREHGIIPEKNDLNSILFLMTPAETQAKMDNLVTQIVKFESLVKADAPLDEVLPRLY 599 +L I EK L S L L + T+ K L+T+++ F+ L A+APL LP L Sbjct: 550 TKFLSSRRIEIEKTGLYSFLVLFSMGITRGKWSTLITELLNFKDLYDANAPLSRALPALA 609 Query: 600 SEHQDRYEGYTIKQLCQEVHDFYKNNNTKEYQKEMFLGKYFPEQAMTPYQANVELLKNNA 659 + H D Y ++ LC+++HD Y+++ Q+EM+ PE A+ P A L+K Sbjct: 610 AAHPDVYRAMGLRDLCEKIHDVYRSDGVPNAQREMY--TVLPEMALRPADAYNRLVKGCV 667 Query: 660 KLVPLTDIEGLAALEGALPYPPGIFCIVPGEK---WTKVAQKYFLILEESINRFPGFAPE 716 + V + ++ G +PYPPGI I+PGE+ T+ Q Y + +FPGF + Sbjct: 668 ESVDIDELIGRTLAVMIVPYPPGIPLIMPGERITAATRSIQDYLVYARSFDRKFPGFETD 727 Query: 717 IQGVYF-EKENGKSVAYGYVYDKSKDE 742 I G+ F +G+ + ++ +D+ Sbjct: 728 IHGLRFVANPSGRRYLVDCIVEEGQDD 754 Lambda K H 0.318 0.136 0.405 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: 1198 Number of extensions: 53 Number of successful extensions: 9 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: 745 Length of database: 756 Length adjustment: 40 Effective length of query: 705 Effective length of database: 716 Effective search space: 504780 Effective search space used: 504780 Neighboring words threshold: 11 Window for multiple hits: 40 X1: 16 ( 7.3 bits) X2: 38 (14.6 bits) X3: 64 (24.7 bits) S1: 41 (21.7 bits) S2: 55 (25.8 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