Align ArgT aka B2310, component of Histidine/Arginine/Lysine (basic amino acid) uptake porter, HisJ/ArgT/HisP/HisM/HisQ [R, R, C, M, M, respectively] (Gilson et al. 1982). HisJ binds L-His (preferred), but 1-methyl-L-His and 3-methyl-L-His also bind, while the dipeptide carnosine binds weakly; D-histidine and the histidine degradation products, histamine, urocanic acid and imidazole do not bind. L-Arg, homo-L-Arg, and post-translationally modified methylated Arg-analogs also bind with the exception of symmetric dimethylated-L-Arg. L-Lys and L-Orn show weaker interactions with HisJ and methylated and acetylated Lys variants show poor binding.The carboxylate groups of these amino acids and their variants are essential (characterized)
to candidate Pf6N2E2_5395 Arginine/ornithine ABC transporter, periplasmic arginine/ornithine binding protein
Query= TCDB::P09551 (260 letters) >lcl|FitnessBrowser__pseudo6_N2E2:Pf6N2E2_5395 Arginine/ornithine ABC transporter, periplasmic arginine/ornithine binding protein Length = 244 Score = 231 bits (590), Expect = 8e-66 Identities = 111/244 (45%), Positives = 159/244 (65%), Gaps = 1/244 (0%) Query: 17 AASSYAALPETVRIGTDTTYAPFSSKDAKGDFVGFDIDLGNEMCKRMQVKCTWVASDFDA 76 A+SS A +T+RIG + Y PF+SK ++G VGFD D+GN +C +MQVKC W+ +FD Sbjct: 2 ASSSLFAAEKTLRIGIEAAYPPFASKTSEGKIVGFDYDIGNALCAQMQVKCEWIEGEFDG 61 Query: 77 LIPSLKAKKIDAIISSLSITDKRQQEIAFSDKLYAADSRLIAAKGSPIQPTLDSLKGKHV 136 LIP+LK KKID +SS++IT++R++ + F+ K Y SRL+ +G+ + +LKGK V Sbjct: 62 LIPALKVKKIDLALSSMTITEERKKSVDFTHKYYFTSSRLVMKEGAVVDDQYVNLKGKTV 121 Query: 137 GVLQGSTQEAYANETWRSKGVDVVAYANQDLVYSDLAAGRLDAALQDEVAASEGFLKQPA 196 GV + +T + YA E KGV V Y+N + +Y DLA+GRLDA D + E FL P Sbjct: 122 GVQRATTTDRYATEVLEPKGVSVKRYSNNEEIYMDLASGRLDAIFADTIPL-EDFLSMPR 180 Query: 197 GKDFAFAGSSVKDKKYFGDGTGVGLRKDDAELTAAFNKALGELRQDGTYDKMAKKYFDFN 256 GK +AF G +KD KY G+G G+ +RK + +L A NKA+ +R +G Y K+ KYF + Sbjct: 181 GKGYAFVGPELKDPKYVGEGAGIAVRKGNTQLVADLNKAIDGIRANGEYQKIQGKYFKSD 240 Query: 257 VYGD 260 +YGD Sbjct: 241 IYGD 244 Lambda K H 0.315 0.132 0.369 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: 203 Number of extensions: 10 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: 260 Length of database: 244 Length adjustment: 24 Effective length of query: 236 Effective length of database: 220 Effective search space: 51920 Effective search space used: 51920 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 (21.6 bits) S2: 46 (22.3 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