Align Organic acid uptake porter, DctA of 444 aas and 8 - 10 putative TMSs (characterized)
to candidate AO353_10990 AO353_10990 glutamate:protein symporter
Query= TCDB::Q848I3 (444 letters) >FitnessBrowser__pseudo3_N2E3:AO353_10990 Length = 443 Score = 330 bits (845), Expect = 7e-95 Identities = 177/404 (43%), Positives = 264/404 (65%), Gaps = 12/404 (2%) Query: 15 VIVAIAIGILLGHFYPQTGV----ALKPLGDGFIKLIKMVIAPIIFCTVVSGIAGMQNMK 70 +++ IAIG LL HF + L+P GD FI+LIKM++ PI+ ++V GIAG+ + K Sbjct: 16 LVLGIAIGALLNHFSAEKAWWISNVLQPAGDIFIRLIKMIVIPIVISSLVVGIAGVGDAK 75 Query: 71 SVGKTGGYALLYFEIVSTIALLIGLVVVNVVQPGNGMHIDVSTLDASKVAAY-VTAGKDQ 129 +G+ G ++YFEIV+TIA+L+GLV+ NV PG+G ID+STL ++ Y TA + Q Sbjct: 76 KLGRIGLKTIIYFEIVTTIAILVGLVLANVFHPGSG--IDMSTLGTVDISKYQATAAEVQ 133 Query: 130 ---SIVGFILNVIPNTIVGAFANGDILQVLMFSVIFGFALHRLGA-YGKPVLDFIDRFAH 185 + + ILN+IP+ I A A G++L ++ FSV+FG L L + +P++ + Sbjct: 134 HEHAFIETILNLIPSNIFAAMARGEMLPIIFFSVLFGLGLSSLQSDLREPLVKMFQGVSE 193 Query: 186 VMFNIINMIMKLAPIGALGAMAFTIGAYGVGSLVQLGQLMICFYITCVLFVLVVLGAICR 245 MF + +MIM APIG +A T+ +G SL+ L +L+I Y+ F VVLG I R Sbjct: 194 SMFKVTHMIMNYAPIGVFALIAVTVANFGFASLLPLAKLVILVYVAIAFFAFVVLGLIAR 253 Query: 246 AHGFSVLKLIRYIREELLIVLGTSSSESALPRMLIKMERLGAKKSVVGLVIPTGYSFNLD 305 GFSV+KL+R ++EL++ T+SSE+ LPR++ KME GA K++ V+PTGYSFNLD Sbjct: 254 LFGFSVIKLMRIFKDELVLAYSTASSETVLPRVIEKMEAYGAPKAICSFVVPTGYSFNLD 313 Query: 306 GTSIYLTMAAVFIAQATDTHMDITHQITLLLVLLLSSKGAAGVTGSGFIVLAATLSAVGH 365 G+++Y ++AA+FIAQ + I+ Q+ L+L L+++SKG AGV G F+VL ATL +VG Sbjct: 314 GSTLYQSIAAIFIAQLYGIDLSISQQLLLVLTLMVTSKGIAGVPGVSFVVLLATLGSVG- 372 Query: 366 LPVAGLALILGIDRFMSEARALTNLVGNAVATVVVAKWVKELDE 409 +P+ GLA I G+DR M AR N++GNA+A +VV++W D+ Sbjct: 373 IPLEGLAFIAGVDRIMDMARTALNVIGNALAVLVVSRWEGMYDD 416 Lambda K H 0.326 0.142 0.402 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: 487 Number of extensions: 25 Number of successful extensions: 5 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: 444 Length of database: 443 Length adjustment: 32 Effective length of query: 412 Effective length of database: 411 Effective search space: 169332 Effective search space used: 169332 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 (21.6 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