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L-leucine catabolism in Methanospirillum lacunae Ki8-1

Best path

leuT, ilvE, ofo, liuA, liuB, liuD, liuC, liuE, aacS, atoB

Rules

Overview: Leucine degradation in GapMind is based on MetaCyc pathway L-leucine degradation I, via branched alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase (link). Other pathways for are not included here because they are not linked to sequence (link) or do not result in carbon incorporation.

39 steps (13 with candidates)

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Step Description Best candidate 2nd candidate
leuT L-leucine:Na+ symporter LeuT
ilvE L-leucine transaminase DK846_RS04695 DK846_RS04615
ofo branched-chain alpha-ketoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, fused
liuA isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase
liuB 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase, alpha (biotin-containing) subunit DK846_RS14185
liuD 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase, beta subunit DK846_RS13470
liuC 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase
liuE hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA lyase
aacS acetoacetyl-CoA synthetase DK846_RS11850
atoB acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase DK846_RS15640
Alternative steps:
AAP1 L-leucine permease AAP1
aapJ ABC transporter for amino acids (Asp/Asn/Glu/Pro/Leu), substrate-binding component AapJ
aapM ABC transporter for amino acids (Asp/Asn/Glu/Pro/Leu), permease component 2 (AapM)
aapP ABC transporter for amino acids (Asp/Asn/Glu/Pro/Leu), ATPase component AapP DK846_RS15740 DK846_RS09135
aapQ ABC transporter for amino acids (Asp/Asn/Glu/Pro/Leu), permease component 1 (AapQ)
atoA acetoacetyl-CoA transferase, A subunit
atoD acetoacetyl-CoA transferase, B subunit
Bap2 L-leucine permease Bap2
bcaP L-leucine uptake transporter BcaP
bkdA branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase, E1 component alpha subunit
bkdB branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase, E1 component beta subunit
bkdC branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase, E2 component
brnQ L-leucine:Na+ symporter BrnQ/BraB
livF L-leucine ABC transporter, ATPase component 1 (LivF/BraG) DK846_RS06435 DK846_RS06450
livG L-leucine ABC transporter, ATPase component 2 (LivG/BraF) DK846_RS06435 DK846_RS06450
livH L-leucine ABC transporter, permease component 1 (LivH/BraD)
livJ L-leucine ABC transporter, substrate-binding component (LivJ/LivK/BraC/BraC3)
livM L-leucine ABC transporter, permease component 2 (LivM/BraE)
lpd branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase, E3 component
natA L-leucine ABC transporter, ATPase component 1 (NatA) DK846_RS06450 DK846_RS00945
natB L-leucine ABC transporter, substrate-binding component NatB
natC L-leucine ABC transporter, permease component 1 (NatC)
natD L-leucine ABC transporter, permease component 2 (NatD)
natE L-leucine ABC transporter, ATPase component 2 (NatE) DK846_RS17270 DK846_RS10730
ofoA branched-chain alpha-ketoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, alpha subunit OfoA DK846_RS14410 DK846_RS07590
ofoB branched-chain alpha-ketoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, beta subunit OfoB DK846_RS14405 DK846_RS07585
vorA branched-chain alpha-ketoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, alpha subunit VorA
vorB branched-chain alpha-ketoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, beta subunit VorB DK846_RS07590
vorC branched-chain alpha-ketoacid:ferredoxin oxidoreductase, gamma subunit VorC

Confidence: high confidence medium confidence low confidence
transporter – transporters and PTS systems are shaded because predicting their specificity is particularly challenging.

This GapMind analysis is from Sep 24 2021. The underlying query database was built on Sep 17 2021.

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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:

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:

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:

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