Align phenylpyruvate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.43) (characterized)
to candidate PfGW456L13_3540 Branched-chain alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase, E1 component, alpha subunit (EC 1.2.4.4)
Query= BRENDA::A0A222AKA3 (368 letters) >FitnessBrowser__pseudo13_GW456_L13:PfGW456L13_3540 Length = 411 Score = 182 bits (462), Expect = 1e-50 Identities = 124/350 (35%), Positives = 176/350 (50%), Gaps = 26/350 (7%) Query: 29 AAAPAAAGVPPDRQLLMYRAMVVGRAFNRQATAFSRQGRLAVYPSSRGQEACQVGSALAV 88 A P A VP + RAM+ R ++ + RQ +++ Y S G+EA ALA+ Sbjct: 65 ALGPWAENVPVEILRKGMRAMLKTRIYDNRMVVAQRQKKMSFYMQSLGEEAIGSAQALAL 124 Query: 89 RPTDWLFPTYRESVALLTRGIDPVQVLTLFRGDQHCGYDPVTEHTAPQCTP--------- 139 D FPTYR+ L+ R + V ++ ++ DP+ P Sbjct: 125 NIDDMCFPTYRQQSILMARDVPLVDLICQLLSNER---DPLKGRQLPIMYSVKDSGFFTI 181 Query: 140 ---LATQCLHAAGLADAARMAGDPIVALAYIGDGATSEGDFHEALNYAAVRRAPVVFLVQ 196 LATQ + A G A+ + GD +A A+IGDGAT+E DFH AL +A V RAPV+ V Sbjct: 182 SGNLATQFVQAVGWGMASAIKGDTKIASAWIGDGATAESDFHTALTFAHVYRAPVILNVV 241 Query: 197 NNQYAISVPLAKQTA-ARTLADKAAGYGMPGVRIDGNDVLQVYRAVHDAAERARAGHGPT 255 NNQ+AIS A A T A + G G+ +R+DGND VY A AAERAR GPT Sbjct: 242 NNQWAISTFQAIAGGEATTFAGRGVGCGIASLRVDGNDFYAVYAASAWAAERARRNLGPT 301 Query: 256 LIEAVTYRIDAHTNADDDTRYRPAGEADVWAAQDPVDRLERDLLAAGVLDRAAADGIAAA 315 +IE VTYR H+ +DD ++YRPA + + DP+ RL++ L+ G + + A + Sbjct: 302 MIEWVTYRAGPHSTSDDPSKYRPADDWSHFPLGDPIARLKQHLIKIG--QWSEEEHAAVS 359 Query: 316 ADAFAGELSARFSAPPTG--------DPMQMFRHVYHHLPPHLREQSERL 357 A+ A ++A+ A G MF VY +P HL+ Q + L Sbjct: 360 AELEAQVIAAQKEAEQYGTLAGGQIPSAATMFEDVYKEMPEHLKRQRQEL 409 Lambda K H 0.319 0.132 0.395 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: 340 Number of extensions: 19 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: 368 Length of database: 411 Length adjustment: 30 Effective length of query: 338 Effective length of database: 381 Effective search space: 128778 Effective search space used: 128778 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: 50 (23.9 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