Align Probable 2-ketoarginine decarboxylase AruI; 2-oxo-5-guanidinopentanoate decarboxylase; 5-guanidino-2-oxopentanoate decarboxylase; EC 4.1.1.75 (characterized)
to candidate PfGW456L13_3207 Acetolactate synthase large subunit (EC 2.2.1.6)
Query= SwissProt::Q9HUI8 (559 letters) >lcl|FitnessBrowser__pseudo13_GW456_L13:PfGW456L13_3207 Acetolactate synthase large subunit (EC 2.2.1.6) Length = 535 Score = 873 bits (2256), Expect = 0.0 Identities = 433/531 (81%), Positives = 471/531 (88%) Query: 28 KTLTAGQALVRLLANYGVDTVFGIPGVHTLELYRGLPGSGIRHVLTRHEQGAGFMADGYA 87 KTLT GQALVRLLANYGVDTVFGIPGVHTLELYRGLPGSGIRHVLTRHEQGA FMADGYA Sbjct: 4 KTLTGGQALVRLLANYGVDTVFGIPGVHTLELYRGLPGSGIRHVLTRHEQGASFMADGYA 63 Query: 88 RVSGKPGVCFVITGPGVTNVATAIGQAYADSVPLLVISSVNHSASLGKGWGCLHETQDQR 147 RVSGKPGVCFVITGPGVTN AT IGQAYADS+P+LVISSVNHSASLGKGWG LHE QDQR Sbjct: 64 RVSGKPGVCFVITGPGVTNAATGIGQAYADSIPMLVISSVNHSASLGKGWGSLHECQDQR 123 Query: 148 AMTAPITAFSALALSPEQLPELIARAYAVFDSERPRPVHISIPLDVLAAPVAHDWSAAVA 207 AMTAPITAFSA+AL+ E LPELIARAYAVFDSERPRPVHIS+PLDVL+AP+A DWS V Sbjct: 124 AMTAPITAFSAVALTAEDLPELIARAYAVFDSERPRPVHISVPLDVLSAPIARDWSNEVV 183 Query: 208 RRPGRGVPCSEALRAAAERLAAARRPMLIAGGGALAAGEALAALSERLAAPLFTSVAGKG 267 RRPGRG + A+ A +L AA+RPM+IAGGGAL A L +S RLAAPLFTSVAGKG Sbjct: 184 RRPGRGPASTTAIDQAVAKLNAAKRPMIIAGGGALNATSELQEVSTRLAAPLFTSVAGKG 243 Query: 268 LLPPDAPLNAGASLCVAPGWEMIAEADLVLAVGTEMADTDFWRERLPLSGELIRVDIDPR 327 LLPPDAPLNAG+SLCV PGW +IAEAD+VLAVGTEMADTDFWRERLPL+GEL+RVDIDPR Sbjct: 244 LLPPDAPLNAGSSLCVEPGWNLIAEADVVLAVGTEMADTDFWRERLPLNGELLRVDIDPR 303 Query: 328 KFNDFYPSAVALRGDARQTLEALLVRLPQEARDSAPAAARVARLRAEIRAAHAPLQALHQ 387 KFNDFYP AVAL GDA+QTL LL RLP + R+++ A A VA LR ++A+H PLQ++HQ Sbjct: 304 KFNDFYPCAVALHGDAQQTLSGLLERLPTDVREASAAIASVAALRKAVKASHGPLQSIHQ 363 Query: 388 AILDRIAAALPADAFVSTDMTQLAYTGNYAFASRAPRSWLHPTGYGTLGYGLPAGIGAKL 447 +ILDRIAA LP +AF+STDMTQLAYTGNYAF S A RSWLHPTGYGTLGYGLPAGIGAK Sbjct: 364 SILDRIAAELPDNAFISTDMTQLAYTGNYAFDSLAIRSWLHPTGYGTLGYGLPAGIGAKF 423 Query: 448 GAPQRPGLVLVGDGGFLYTAQELATASEELDSPLVVLLWNNDALGQIRDDMLGLDIEPVG 507 GAPQRPGLVLVGDGGFLYTAQELAT+ EELDSPLVVLLWNNDALGQIRDDMLGLDIEP+G Sbjct: 424 GAPQRPGLVLVGDGGFLYTAQELATSVEELDSPLVVLLWNNDALGQIRDDMLGLDIEPIG 483 Query: 508 VLPRNPDFALLGRAYGCAVRQPQDLDELERDLRAGFGQSGVTLIELRHACA 558 VLPRNPDFA L RA+GC V QPQ L EL+ DLR GF ++GVTLIEL+HACA Sbjct: 484 VLPRNPDFAALARAFGCTVTQPQSLAELQTDLRHGFKRNGVTLIELKHACA 534 Lambda K H 0.321 0.136 0.412 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: 1025 Number of extensions: 37 Number of successful extensions: 2 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: 559 Length of database: 535 Length adjustment: 36 Effective length of query: 523 Effective length of database: 499 Effective search space: 260977 Effective search space used: 260977 Neighboring words threshold: 11 Window for multiple hits: 40 X1: 16 ( 7.4 bits) X2: 38 (14.6 bits) X3: 64 (24.7 bits) S1: 41 (21.8 bits) S2: 52 (24.6 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