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# Mannose utilization in GapMind is based on MetaCyc pathways # D-mannose degradation I via a PTS system (metacyc:MANNCAT-PWY), # pathway II via mannose kinase (metacyc:PWY3O-1743), # or conversion to fructose by mannose isomerase. # PTS systems # E. coli has manXYZ, where manX has EII-AB, manY has EII-C, and manZ has EII-D. # (ManZ is listed twice with slightly different sequence lengths). # Similar systems are known in Lactococcus lactis, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus thermophilus. # However, the S. thermophilus system seems not to be active due to a defective IIC domain (PMID:12957931), so # those proteins are marked ignore. # L. monocytogenes also has a PTS-like regulatory system, mpoABCD, which is not included. # (It is reported to act as a glucose transporter, but slowly; not clear if it transports mannose.) # There's also a paper about manLMN from Streptococcus salivarius, but I don't think it is actually # characterized, so ignore. # Closely related to some systems with unclear specificity, ignore those. manX mannose PTS system, EII-AB component ManX/ManL curated:CharProtDB::CH_088329 curated:TCDB::D2BKY7 curated:TCDB::E1UCI0 ignore:TCDB::Q5M5W6 ignore:BRENDA::Q9S4L5 ignore:TCDB::Q04GK1 ignore:TCDB::Q2QKM4 manY mannose PTS system, EII-C component ManY/ManM curated:CharProtDB::CH_088330 curated:TCDB::D2BKY8 curated:TCDB::E1UCI1 ignore:TCDB::Q5M5W7 ignore:TCDB::Q8Y8W0 ignore:TCDB::Q04GK0 ignore:TCDB::Q2QKM3 manZ mannose PTS system, EII-D component ManZ/ManN curated:SwissProt::P69805 curated:TCDB::D2BKY9 curated:TCDB::E1UCI2 curated:TCDB::P69805 ignore:TCDB::Q5M5W8 ignore:TCDB::Q04GJ9 ignore:TCDB::Q2QKM2 ignore:BRENDA::Q5IRC0 ignore:TCDB::Q8Y8W1 # PTS systems form D-mannose 6-phosphate mannose-PTS: manX manY manZ # B. subtilis has a combined EII-BCA PTS system manP mannose PTS system, EII-CBA components curated:BRENDA::O31645 mannose-PTS: manP # ABC transporters are described in Saccharolobus solfataricus (formerly Sulfolobus), # Thermus thermophilus, Thermotoga maritima, # and Ensifer meliloti (formerly Rhizobium or Sinorhizobium); and # fitness data identified a system in Herbaspirillum seropedicae. # The Saccharolobus solfataricus system (4 components) glcS mannose ABC transporter, substrate-binding component GlcS curated:SwissProt::Q97UZ1 glcT mannose ABC transporter, permease component 1 (GlcT) curated:TCDB::Q97UZ0 glcU mannose ABC transporter, permease component 2 (GlcU) curated:TCDB::Q97UY9 glcV mannose ABC transporter, ATPase component GlcV curated:BRENDA::Q97UY8 # Transporters and PTS systems were identified using # query: transporter:mannose:D-mannose:D-mannopyranose:CPD-13559:CPD-12601 mannose-transport: glcS glcT glcU glcV # The Thermus thermophilus system (4 components) TT_C0211 mannose ABC transporter, ATPase component MalK1 curated:TCDB::Q72L52 TT_C0327 mannose ABC transporter, permease component 1 curated:TCDB::Q72KX3 TT_C0326 mannose ABC transporter, permease component 2 curated:TCDB::Q72KX4 TT_C0328 mannose ABC transporter, substrate-binding component curated:TCDB::Q72KX2 mannose-transport: TT_C0211 TT_C0327 TT_C0326 TT_C0328 # The Thermotoga maritima system (5 components) TM1746 mannose ABC transporter, substrate-binding component curated:TCDB::Q9X268 TM1747 mannose ABC transporter, permease component 1 curated:TCDB::Q9X269 TM1748 mannose ABC transporter, permease component 2 curated:TCDB::Q9X270 TM1749 mannose ABC transporter, ATPase component 1 curated:TCDB::Q9X271 TM1750 mannose ABC transporter, ATPase component 2 curated:TCDB::Q9X272 mannose-transport: TM1746 TM1747 TM1748 TM1749 TM1750 # The Ensifer meliloti system (3 components) frcA mannose ABC transporter, ATPase component FrcA curated:SwissProt::Q9F9B0 frcB mannose ABC transporter, substrate-binding component FrcB curated:SwissProt::Q9F9B2 frcC mannose ABC transporter, permease component FrcC curated:SwissProt::Q9F9B1 mannose-transport: frcA frcB frcC # The Herbaspirillum seropedicae system (3 components) HSERO_RS03635 mannose ABC transporter, substrate-binding component uniprot:D8IZC6 HSERO_RS03640 mannose ABC transporter, ATPase component uniprot:D8IZC7 HSERO_RS03645 mannose ABC transporter, permease component uniprot:D8IZC8 mannose-transport: HSERO_RS03635 HSERO_RS03640 HSERO_RS03645 # Homomeric transporters: STP6 mannose:H+ symporter curated:CharProtDB::CH_091493 curated:TCDB::Q9LT15 mannose-transport: STP6 gluP mannose:Na+ symporter curated:TCDB::O25788 curated:reanno::SB2B:6936374 mannose-transport: gluP glcP mannose:H+ symporter curated:SwissProt::O07563 mannose-transport: glcP MST1 mannose:H+ symporter curated:TCDB::A0ZXK6 mannose-transport: MST1 manMFS mannose transporter, MFS superfamily curated:reanno::pseudo5_N2C3_1:AO356_28540 mannose-transport: manMFS # Ignore Snf3p (TCDB::Q06222 2.A.1.1.18) which has a regulatory role # SMc03111 (P29954) is specifically important for utilizing mannose, # which confirms it is mannose 6-phosphate isomerase manA mannose-6-phosphate isomerase EC:5.3.1.8 uniprot:P29954 # In pathway I, after uptake and phosphorlation by a PTS system, mannose-6-phosphate isomerase (manA) # produces fructose-6-phosphate, which is a central metabolic intermediate. all: mannose-PTS manA # Ignore some vaguely annotated mannose or mannose-6-phosphate isomerases man-isomerase D-mannose isomerase EC:5.3.1.7 ignore:reanno::pseudo3_N2E3:AO353_03400 ignore:reanno::pseudo1_N1B4:Pf1N1B4_597 ignore:reanno::pseudo5_N2C3_1:AO356_05200 # SMc03109 was annotated as mannokinase but not given this EC number. # rokA (MONOMER-19002) and hexA (Q5GAN8) are hexose kinases, including mannose kinases (PMID:PMC545704) mannokinase D-mannose kinase EC:2.7.1.7 curated:reanno::Smeli:SMc03109 curated:metacyc::MONOMER-19002 uniprot:Q5GAN8 # In pathway II, after uptake, mannose kinase is followed by isomerization to fructose 6-phosphate. all: mannose-transport mannokinase manA import fructose.steps:scrK # fructokinase # Or, D-mannose isomerase yields # fructose, which can be metabolized by fructokinase (scrK). all: mannose-transport man-isomerase scrK
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