Definition of L-tryptophan catabolism
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Rules
Overview: Tryptophan degradation in GapMind is based on MetaCyc degradation pathways I via anthranilate (link), II via pyruvate (link), or IX via 3-hydroxyanthranilate (link). Pathway XII (link) overlaps with pathway I and is also represented. The other MetaCyc pathways do not yield fixed carbon or are not reported in prokaryotes, and are not included. For example, pathway IV yields indole-3-lactate, which could potentially be oxidized to indole-3-acetate, which has a known catabolic pathway, but no prokaryotes are known to consume tryptophan this way. Pathway VIII yields tryptophol (also known as indole-3-ethanol), which could potentially be oxidized to indole-3-acetate and consumed. Pathways X and XIII yield indole-3-propionate, which may spontaneously oxidize to kynurate, but kynurate catabolism is not reported.
- all:
- tryptophan-transport, kynA, kynB, kyn and anthranilate-degradation
- or tryptophan-transport and tnaA
- or tryptophan-transport, kynA, kynB, sibC, kyn and 3-hydroxyanthranilate-degradation
- Comment: In pathway I, dioxygenase kynA opens the non-aromatic ring, to N-formyl-L-kynureine, a hydrolase yields L-kynurenine (and formate), and a hydrolase yields anthranilate and L-alanine. In pathway II, the tryptophan is hydrolyzed to indole and pyruvate, and the indole may be secreted (as in E. coli). In pathway IX, dioxygenase kynA forms N-formyl-L-kynurenine and a hydrolase forms L-kynurenine, as in pathway I; then, oxygenase sibC forms 3-hydroxy-L-kynurenine, which is hydrolyzed to L-alanine and 3-hydroxyanthranilate.
- anthranilate-degradation:
- anthranilate-dioxygenase and catechol-degradation
- or hpaH and 3-hydroxyanthranilate-degradation
- Comment: In MetaCyc pathway anthranilate degradation I (link), a dioxygenase cleaves off carbon dioxide and ammonia, leaving catechol. In MetaCyc pathway anthranilate degradation IV (link), anthranilate hydroxylase/monooxygenase (hpaH) yields 3-hydroxyanthranilate. Additional pathways are not included: the fate of 2-amino-5-oxocyclohex-1-enecarboxyl-CoA is not known (link), and anthraniloyl-CoA reductase (the only anaerobic route known, link) has not been linked to sequence.
- anthranilate-dioxygenase:
- 3-hydroxyanthranilate-degradation: nbaC, nbaD, nbaE, nbaF, nbaG and 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate-degradation
- Comment: 3-hydroxyanthranilate degradation is part of L-tryptophan degradation pathway XII (link). Dioxygenase NbaC cleaves the aromatic ring, yielding 2-amino-3-carboxymuconate 6-semialdehyde, a decarboxylase forms (2Z,4E)-2-aminomuconate semialdehyde, a dehydrogenase forms (2Z,4E)-2-aminomuconate, a deaminase forms (3E)-2-oxo-3-hexenedioate (also known as 2-oxalocrotonate), and a decarboxylase forms (2Z)-2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate (HPD).
- catechol-degradation:
- xylE and 2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde-degradation
- or catA, catB, catC, pcaD and 3-oxoadipate-degradation
- Comment: In MetaCyc pathway catechol degradation to HPD I (meta-cleavage, link), dioxygenase xylE converts catechol to (2Z,4E)-2-hydroxy-6-oxohexa-2,4-dienoate (also known as 2-hydroxymuconate 6-semialdehyde). (Catechol degradation to HPD II also involves xylE and HPD, link.) In MetaCyc pathway catechol degradation III (ortho-cleavage, link), the 1,2-dioxygenase catA forms cis,cis-muconate, a cycloisomerase forms (+)-muconolactone, an isomerase converts this to (4,5-dihydro-5-oxofuran-2-yl)-acetate (also known as 3-oxoadipate enol lactone), and a hydrolase cleaves this to 3-oxoadipate.
- 3-oxoadipate-degradation: 3-oxodipate-CoA-transferase and pcaF
- Comment: MetaCyc pathway 3-oxoadipate degradation (link) involves activation by CoA (using succinyl-CoA) and a thiolase (succinyltransferase) reaction that splits it to acetyl-CoA and succinyl-CoA.
- 2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde-degradation:
- praB, praC, praD and 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate-degradation
- or xylF and 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate-degradation
- Comment: Dehydrogenase praB forms 2-hydroxymuconate, tautomerase praC forms (3E)-2-oxohex-3-enedioate (2-oxalocrotonate), and decarboxylase praD yields 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate (HPD). (This series of steps is part of protocatechuate para-cleavage, link, or catechol degradation II, link.) Or, hydrolase xylF forms HPD and formate. (This is part of a MetaCyc pathway for catechol degradation, link.)
- 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate-degradation: mhpD, mhpE and acetaldehyde-degradation
- Comment: (2Z)-2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate (HPD) is a common intermediate in the aerobic degradation of many aromatic compounds. In MetaCyc pathway 2-hydroxypenta-2,4-dienoate degradation (link), HPD is hydrated to (S)-4-hydroxy-2-oxopentanoate and an aldolase cleaves it to pyruvate and acetaldehyde.
- 3-oxodipate-CoA-transferase:
- pcaI and pcaJ
- or catI and catJ
- Comment: Two different types of 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferases (EC 2.8.3.6) are known. They are both heteromeric with each subunit containing a CoA-transferase domain
- acetaldehyde-degradation:
- ald-dh-CoA
- or adh and acs
- or adh, ackA and pta
- Comment: Acetaldehyde can be oxidized to acetyl-CoA, or oxidized to acetate and activated to acetyl-CoA by either acetyl-CoA synthetase (acs) or by acetate kinase (ackA) and phosphate acetyltransferase (pta).
- tryptophan-transport:
Steps
trpP: energy-coupling factor transporter, tryptophan-specific (S) component TrpP
- Curated sequence O07515: Probable tryptophan transport protein. Tryptophan transporter TrpP (YhaG; Tryptophan ECF transporter S component)
- Comment: Four-part transporter (bioMNY-type) with two ATPase (A1/A2) components, a transmembrane (T) component, and a substrate-specific (S) component. The A1A2T components are not specific to tryptophan.
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
ecfA1: energy-coupling factor transporter, ATPase 1 (A1) component
- UniProt sequence P40735: RecName: Full=Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA1 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01710}; Short=ECF transporter A component EcfA {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01710}; EC=7.-.-.- {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01710};
- Ignore hits to Q839D5 when looking for 'other' hits (Cobalt import ATP-binding protein CbiO 1, component of ATP-dependent folic acid uptake porter, FolT/EcfT/EcfA1/EcfA2)
- Ignore hits to Q035B2 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA1; ECF transporter A component EcfA; EC 7.-.-.-)
- Ignore hits to A2RI01 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA1; ECF transporter A component EcfA; EC 7.-.-.-. Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA 1, component of The biotin uptake system, BioMNY. The 3-d structure of the EcfS subunit, BioY, at 2.1Å resolution is known (Berntsson et al., 2012). BioY and ThiT from L. lactis)
- Ignore hits to Q5M243 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA1; ECF transporter A component EcfA1; EC 7.-.-.-. Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA 2, component of Riboflavin ECF transport system, EcfAA'T/RibU)
- Ignore hits to Q03PY5 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA1, component of The folate transporter, FolT/EcfAA''T (The 3-d structure is known to 3.0Å resolution (Xu et al. 2013; 4HUQ))
- Ignore hits to G12WB-158-MONOMER when looking for 'other' hits (energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-bindind protein 1)
- Ignore hits to Q03ZL6 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA1; ECF transporter A component EcfA1; EC 7.-.-.-)
- Comment: Orthologs may be annotated as ecfA1 or cbiO; these have the same function (but might not be part of a tryptophan transporting system).
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
ecfA2: energy-coupling factor transporter, ATPase 2 (A2) component
- UniProt sequence P70970: RecName: Full=Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA2 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01710}; Short=ECF transporter A component EcfA2 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01710}; EC=7.-.-.- {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_01710}; AltName: Full=ECF transporter A component EcfA';
- Ignore hits to Q839D4 when looking for 'other' hits (Cobalt import ATP-binding protein CbiO 2, component of ATP-dependent folic acid uptake porter, FolT/EcfT/EcfA1/EcfA2)
- Ignore hits to Q5M244 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA2; ECF transporter A component EcfA2; EC 3.6.3.-. Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA 1, component of Riboflavin ECF transport system, EcfAA'T/RibU)
- Ignore hits to A2RI02 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA2; ECF transporter A component EcfA2; ECF transporter A component EcfA'; EC 3.6.3.-)
- Ignore hits to Q035B3 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA2; ECF transporter A component EcfA2; ECF transporter A component EcfA'; EC 3.6.3.-)
- Ignore hits to Q03PY6 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA2, component of The folate transporter, FolT/EcfAA''T (The 3-d structure is known to 3.0Å resolution (Xu et al. 2013; 4HUQ))
- Ignore hits to G12WB-159-MONOMER when looking for 'other' hits (energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-bindind protein 2)
- Ignore hits to Q03ZL5 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter ATP-binding protein EcfA2; ECF transporter A component EcfA2; ECF transporter A component EcfA'; EC 3.6.3.-)
- Comment: Orthologs may be annotated as ecfA2 or cbiO2; these have the same function
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
ecfT: energy-coupling factor transporter, transmembrane (T) component
- Curated sequence P70972: Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT; ECF transporter T component EcfT
- Ignore hits to I7BV49 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT, component of ATP-dependent folic acid uptake porter, FolT/EcfT/EcfA1/EcfA2)
- Ignore hits to Q5M245 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT; ECF transporter T component EcfT. Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT, component of Riboflavin ECF transport system, EcfAA'T/RibU)
- Ignore hits to A2RI03 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT; ECF transporter T component EcfT. Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT, component of The biotin uptake system, BioMNY. The 3-d structure of the EcfS subunit, BioY, at 2.1Å resolution is known (Berntsson et al., 2012). BioY and ThiT from L. lactis)
- Ignore hits to Q035B4 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT; ECF transporter T component EcfT)
- Ignore hits to G12WB-160-MONOMER when looking for 'other' hits (energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT)
- Ignore hits to Q03PY7 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT, component of The folate transporter, FolT/EcfAA''T (The 3-d structure is known to 3.0Å resolution (Xu et al. 2013; 4HUQ))
- Ignore hits to Q03ZL4 when looking for 'other' hits (Energy-coupling factor transporter transmembrane protein EcfT; ECF transporter T component EcfT)
- Comment: Ignore EcfT proteins from other bacteria
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
aroP: tryptophan:H+ symporter AroP
- Curated sequence P15993: Aromatic amino acid:H+ symporter, AroP of 457 aas and 12 TMSs (Cosgriff and Pittard 1997). Transports phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan. aromatic amino acid:H+ symporter AroP. aromatic amino acid:H+ symporter AroP
- Curated sequence F2HN33: Transporter for phenylalainine, tyrosine and tryptophan of 449 aas and 12 TMSs, FywP or YsjA
- Curated sequence Q2VQZ4: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal proline:H+ symporter, AAP1 (binds and probably transports nonpolar, hydrophobic amino acids)
- Curated sequence Q46065: Aromatic amino acid permease, AroP
- UniProt sequence A0A0N9WG97: SubName: Full=Amino acid permease {ECO:0000313|EMBL:ALI00611.1};
- UniProt sequence Q4KIP0: SubName: Full=Aromatic amino acid transport protein AroP {ECO:0000313|EMBL:AAY96158.1};
- Ignore hits to A2RMP5 when looking for 'other' hits (Aromatic amino acid permease FywP)
- Ignore hits to AO356_18530 when looking for 'other' hits (L-tyrosine transporter)
- Comment: AO353_05930 (A0A0N9WG97) from Pseudomonas fluorescens FW300-N2E3 is related to aroP and is specifically improtant for tryptophan utilization (although more so if Trp is the nitrogen source). PfGW456L13_4291 (A0A293QSB2) from P. fluorescens GW4560-L13 is related to aroP and is specifically important for tryptophan utilization. Unfortunately A0A293QSB2 is no longer in UniProt; the closest remaining sequence is Q4KIP0 (only 87% identical). FywP (A2RMP5) may well be a tryptophan transporter as well, so ignore.
- Total: 6 characterized proteins
tnaB: tryptophan:H+ symporter TnaB
- Curated sequence CH_000783: low affinity tryptophan permease. Low affinity (70. tryptophan:H+ symporter TnaB. tryptophan:H+ symporter TnaB
- Curated sequence Q02DS7: Tryptophan-specific transport protein; Tryptophan permease
- Curated sequence P0AAD2: High affinity (3. tryptophan:H+ symporter Mtr. tryptophan:H+ symporter Mtr
- Total: 3 characterized proteins
TAT: tryptophan permease
- Curated sequence CH_091156: tryptophan permease. Tryptophan permease; Tryptophan amino acid transporter. Tryptophan permease, Tat2. Regulated via endocytosis by ATP-binding Cassette Transporters, Pdr5 (3.A.1.205.1) and Yor1 (3.A.208.3) as well as a seven-transmembrane protein, RSB1 (9.A.27.1.2)
- Curated sequence CH_091631: valine/tyrosine/tryptophan amino-acid permease. Valine/tyrosine/tryptophan amino-acid permease 1; Tyrosine and tryptophan amino acid transporter 1. Val/Tyr/Trp permease
- Total: 2 characterized proteins
tnaT: tryptophan:Na+ symporter TnaT
- Curated sequence O50649: High affinity tryptophan:Na+ symporter, TnaT, of 501 aas and 12 TMSs (Androutsellis-Theotokis et al., 2003). The Km for Tryptophan is 145 nM; tryptamine and serotonin weakly inhibited with Ki values of 200 and 440 μM, respectively. An evolutionarily conserved role of adjacent transmembrane segments 7 and 8 has been proposed
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
ald-dh-CoA: acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, acylating
- Curated proteins or TIGRFams with EC 1.2.1.10
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.1.1.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.1.1.71 when looking for 'other' hits
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.2.1.57 when looking for 'other' hits
- Ignore hits to Q2XQZ7 when looking for 'other' hits (4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate aldolase (EC 4.1.3.39))
- Comment: Many enzymes are multifunctional alcohol/acetaldehyde dehydrogenases, and many close homologs have just one annotation. EC 1.2.1.57 is acylating butanal dehydrogenase, which may also act on acetaldehyde. Q2XQZ7 is probably misannotated.
- Total: 2 HMMs and 20 characterized proteins
adh: acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (not acylating)
acs: acetyl-CoA synthetase, AMP-forming
ackA: acetate kinase
pta: phosphate acetyltransferase
- Curated proteins or TIGRFams with EC 2.3.1.8
- Ignore hits to P32796 when looking for 'other' hits (carnitine O-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.7); phosphate acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.8). Carnitine O-acetyltransferase, mitochondrial; Carnitine acetylase; EC 2.3.1.7)
- Comment: BRENDA misannotates yeast's carnitine acetyltransferase with EC 2.3.1.8
- Total: 1 HMMs and 18 characterized proteins
pcaI: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit A (PcaI)
- Curated sequence CH_021928: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit A; EC 2.8.3.6. 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (subunit 2/2) (EC 2.8.3.6). α subunit of β-ketoadipate succinyl-CoA transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.6 when looking for 'other' hits
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.5 when looking for 'other' hits
- Comment: Ignore EC 2.8.3.5, 3-oxoacid CoA-transferase, usually active on shorter substrates but who knows?
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
pcaJ: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit B (PcaJ)
- Curated sequence P0A102: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (subunit 1/2) (EC 2.8.3.6). 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit B; EC 2.8.3.6. β subunit of β-ketoadipate succinyl-CoA transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.6 when looking for 'other' hits
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.5 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
catI: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit A (CatI)
- Curated sequence Q8VPF3: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit A; 3-oxoadipate:succinyl-CoA transferase subunit A; Beta-ketoadipate:succinyl-CoA transferase subunit A; EC 2.8.3.6. 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (subunit 2/2) (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Curated sequence GFF1318: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Curated sequence PfGW456L13_4592: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Curated sequence AO353_17195: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.6 when looking for 'other' hits
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.5 when looking for 'other' hits
- Comment: Ignore EC 2.8.3.5, 3-oxoacid CoA-transferase, usually active on shorter substrates but who knows?
- Total: 4 characterized proteins
catJ: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit B (CatJ)
- Curated sequence Q8VPF2: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase subunit B; 3-oxoadipate:succinyl-CoA transferase subunit B; Beta-ketoadipate:succinyl-CoA transferase subunit B; EC 2.8.3.6. 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (subunit 1/2) (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Curated sequence GFF1319: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Curated sequence PfGW456L13_4591: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Curated sequence AO353_17200: 3-oxoadipate CoA-transferase (EC 2.8.3.6)
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.6 when looking for 'other' hits
- Ignore hits to items matching 2.8.3.5 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 4 characterized proteins
mhpD: 2-hydroxypentadienoate hydratase
mhpE: 4-hydroxy-2-oxovalerate aldolase
praB: 2-hydroxymuconate 6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase
- Curated proteins or TIGRFams with EC 1.2.1.85
- Curated proteins or TIGRFams with EC 1.2.1.32
- Comment: EC 1.2.1.32 is 2-aminomuconate 6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, but it is also reported to act on 2-hydroxymuconate-6-semialdehyde; many of these proteins are very similar to EC 1.2.1.85
- Total: 10 characterized proteins
praC: 2-hydroxymuconate tautomerase
praD: 2-oxohex-3-enedioate decarboxylase
xylF: 2-hydroxymuconate semialdehyde hydrolase
pcaF: succinyl-CoA:acetyl-CoA C-succinyltransferase
pcaD: 3-oxoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase
xylE: catechol 2,3-dioxygenase
- Curated proteins or TIGRFams with EC 1.13.11.2
- Ignore hits to P23103 when looking for 'other' hits (catechol 2,3-dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.2))
- Comment: BRENDA misannotates P23103 as the P. putida xylE (that should be, P06622)
- Total: 1 HMMs and 13 characterized proteins
catA: catechol 1,2-dioxygenase
- Curated proteins or TIGRFams with EC 1.13.11.1
- Ignore hits to CH_012040 when looking for 'other' hits (catechol 1,2-dioxygenase; EC 1.13.11.1)
- Ignore hits to P83715 when looking for 'other' hits (Catechol 1,2-dioxygenase; EC 1.13.11.1)
- Comment: Ignore two protein fragments for catA
- Total: 2 HMMs and 15 characterized proteins
catB: muconate cycloisomerase
catC: muconolactone isomerase
nbaC: 3-hydroxyanthranilate 3,4-dioxygenase
nbaD: 2-amino-3-carboxymuconate-6-semialdehyde decarboxylase
nbaE: 2-aminomuconate 6-semialdehyde dehydrogenase
nbaF: 2-aminomuconate deaminase
nbaG: 2-oxo-3-hexenedioate decarboxylase
antA: anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating), large subunit AntA
- Curated sequence O85673: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase large subunit; EC 1.14.12.1. anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase, large subunit; EC 1.14.12.1
- Curated sequence GFF4629: anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) large subunit [EC: 1.14.12.1]
- Curated sequence PfGW456L13_2740: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Curated sequence AO353_05950: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.14.12.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 4 characterized proteins
antB: anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating), small subunit AntB
- Curated sequence O85674: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase small subunit; EC 1.14.12.1. anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase, small subunit; EC 1.14.12.1
- Curated sequence GFF4630: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Curated sequence PfGW456L13_2739: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Curated sequence AO353_05955: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.14.12.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 4 characterized proteins
antC: anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating), electron transfer component AntC
- Curated sequence O85675: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase electron transfer component; EC 1.18.1.3. anthranilate dioxygenase reductase. anthranilate dioxygenase reductase component (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Curated sequence GFF4631: electron transfer component of the anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase system (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Curated sequence PfGW456L13_2738: electron transfer component of the anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase system (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.14.12.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 3 characterized proteins
andAa: anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating), ferredoxin--NAD(+) reductase component AndAa
- Curated sequence Q84BZ0: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase system ferredoxin--NAD(+) reductase component; EC 1.18.1.3. anthranilate dioxygenase reductase component (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.14.12.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
andAb: anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating), ferredoxin subunit AndAb
- Curated sequence Q84BZ1: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase ferredoxin subunit. anthranilate dioxygenase ferredoxin component (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.14.12.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
andAc: anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating), large subunit AndAc
- Curated sequence Q84BZ3: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase large subunit; EC 1.14.12.1. anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.14.12.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
andAd: athranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating), small subunit AndAd
- Curated sequence Q84BZ2: Anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase small subunit; EC 1.14.12.1. anthranilate 1,2-dioxygenase (deaminating, decarboxylating) (EC 1.14.12.1)
- Ignore hits to items matching 1.14.12.1 when looking for 'other' hits
- Total: 1 characterized proteins
hpaH: anthranilate 3-monooxygenase (hydroxylase), FADH2-dependent
kynA: tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
kynB: kynurenine formamidase
- Curated proteins or TIGRFams with EC 3.5.1.9
- Ignore hits to MONOMER-19595 when looking for 'other' hits (N-formyl-β-hydroxy-L-kynurenine formamidase (EC 3.5.1.9))
- Comment: MONOMER-19595 is involved in echinomycin biosynthesis and its molecular function is controversial, see the MetaCyc entry.
- Total: 1 HMMs and 20 characterized proteins
kyn: kynureninase
tnaA: tryptophanase
sibC: L-kynurenine 3-monooxygenase
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- HMMer finds a hit with 80% coverage of the model, and either other identity < 40 or other coverage < 0.75.
where "other" refers to the best ublast hit to a sequence that is not annotated as performing this step (and is not "ignored").
Otherwise, a candidate is "medium confidence" if either:
- ublast finds a hit at above 40% identity and 70% coverage (ignoring otherBits).
- ublast finds a hit at above 30% identity and 80% coverage, and bits >= other bits.
- HMMer finds a hit (regardless of coverage or other bits).
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:
- our ignorance of proteins' functions,
- omissions in the gene models,
- frame-shift errors in the genome sequence, or
- the organism lacks the pathway.
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