Gene/Proteome Database (LMPD)

LMPD ID
LMP007601
Gene ID
946570
Species
Escherichia coli K-12 (E. coli)
Gene Name
putative glycosyl transferase
Gene Symbol
wcaA
Synonyms
ECK2053; JW2044
Summary
WcaA is believed to be a glycosyl transferase involved in colanic acid synthesis based on sequence similarity and its presence in a putative colanic acid synthesis operon . [More information is available at EcoCyc: G7104].
Orthologs
View orthologs and multiple alignments for wcaA

Proteins

putative glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]
Refseq ID NP_416563
Protein GI 16129999
UniProt ID P77414
Length 279
RefSeq Status REVIEWED
MKNNPLISIYMPTWNRQQLAIRAIKSVLRQDYSNWEMIIVDDCSTSWEQLQQYVTALNDPRITYIHNDINSGACAVRNQAIMLAQGEYITGIDDDDEWTPNRLSVFLAHKQQLVTHAFLYANDYVCQGEVYSQPASLPLYPKSPYSRRLFYKRNIIGNQVFTWAWRFKECLFDTELKAAQDYDIFLRMVVEYGEPWKVEEATQILHINHGEMQITSSPKKFSGYFHFYRKHKDKFDRASKKYQLFTLYQIRNKRMTWRTLLTLLSVRNGKRLADGIRGR

Gene Information

Entrez Gene ID
946570
Gene Name
putative glycosyl transferase
Gene Symbol
wcaA
Species
Escherichia coli K-12

Gene Ontology (GO Annotations)

GO ID Source Type Description
GO:0016740 IEA:UniProtKB-KW F transferase activity
GO:0009103 IEA:UniProtKB-KW P lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process
GO:0045228 IEA:UniProtKB-UniPathway P slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process

Domain Information

InterPro Annotations

Accession Description
IPR024009 Colanic_acid_synth_WcaA
IPR001173 Glycosyltransferase 2-like
IPR029044 Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases

UniProt Annotations

Entry Information

Gene Name
putative glycosyl transferase
Protein Entry
WCAA_ECOLI
UniProt ID
P77414
Species
E. coli

Comments

Comment Type Description
Pathway Slime biogenesis; slime polysaccharide biosynthesis.
Similarity To R.meliloti ExoO. {ECO:0000305}.

Identical and Related Proteins

Unique RefSeq proteins for LMP007601 (as displayed in Record Overview)

Protein GI Database Accession Length Protein Name
16129999 RefSeq NP_416563 279 putative glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

Identical Sequences to LMP007601 proteins

Reference Database Accession Length Protein Name
GI:16129999 EMBL CDY59385.1 279 predicted colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli]
GI:16129999 EMBL CDZ20880.1 279 predicted colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli]
GI:16129999 GenBank KGA85603.1 279 glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli]
GI:16129999 GenBank KGL68973.1 279 glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli NCTC 50110]
GI:16129999 GenBank KHH15714.1 279 glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli]
GI:16129999 gnl IGS 279 putative glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli ER2796]

Related Sequences to LMP007601 proteins

Reference Database Accession Length Protein Name
GI:16129999 DBBJ BAB36287.1 279 putative regulator [Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. Sakai]
GI:16129999 EMBL CCJ44556.1 279 putative regulator [Escherichia coli]
GI:16129999 GenBank AAG57119.1 279 putative regulator [Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. EDL933]
GI:16129999 GenBank ETX80562.1 279 colanic acid biosynthesis glycosyltransferase WcaA [Escherichia coli BIDMC 43b]
GI:16129999 RefSeq NP_288565.1 279 glycosyl transferase [Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. EDL933]
GI:16129999 RefSeq NP_310891.1 279 glycosyl transferase family protein [Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. Sakai]