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Gene Report : hemB
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
J Gen Microbiol. 1979;113(1):155-64.
Isolation of haemin-requiring mutants of Escherichia coli K12.
McConville ML, Charles HP. ( 387909 )
     Deletion OCR38 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  hemB
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  hemB   Search strains by all related name:  hemB b0369 ECK0366 JW0361 ncf

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name hemB  
 Alternative name b0369,ECK0366,JW0361,ncf  
 Location, Length 387,977 - 388,951 (  -  ) ;   8.36 min ; 975 (bp) ,   324 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product 5-aminolevulinate dehydratase (porphobilinogen synthase)  
 Operon Name hemB  
 Note 5-aminolevulinate dehydratase = porphobilinogen synthase  
 Function enzyme; Biosynthesis of cofactors, carriers: Heme, porphyrin  
 Gene Ontology GO:0000287 ; magnesium ion binding ( hemB )
GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( hemB )
GO:0004655 ; porphobilinogen synthase activity ( hemB )
GO:0006779 ; porphyrin biosynthetic process ( hemB )
GO:0008152 ; metabolic process ( hemB )
GO:0008270 ; zinc ion binding ( hemB )
GO:0016829 ; lyase activity ( hemB )
GO:0033014 ; tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process ( hemB )
GO:0046872 ; metal ion binding ( hemB )
 PID 87081728  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
4.2.1.24  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene hemB ( EG10428 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) HEM2_ECOLI ( P15002 ; P78247 )
    -  Protein name Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase  
    -  Synonyms EC 4.2.1.24, Porphobilinogen synthase, ALAD, ALADH  
    -  Gene name Name=hemB; Synonyms=ncf; OrderedLocusNames=b0369, SF0249, S0270;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   375.0  –  400.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP hemB (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Crystal Structure Of Porphobilinogen Synthase Complexed With The Inhibitor 4,7-Dioxosebacic Acid  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (Porphobilinogen synthase) (ALAD) (ALADH)  
         PSI-BLAST Delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase [Escherichia coli UTI89]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    D_ALA_DEHYDRATASE     

Other Cross-Reference
    EcoCyc hemB 

MMBR References
Mol Gen Genet. 1988;214(3):503-8.
Nucleotide sequence of the hemB gene of Escherichia coli K12.
Echelard Y, Dymetryszyn J, Drolet M, Sasarman A. ( 2464127 )
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:2072-2077
Oxygen sensitivity of an Escherichia coli mutant.
Adler, H. I., R. Mural, and B. Suttle.
Microbiol Immunol. 1991;35(4):289-301.
Genetic and molecular analysis of spontaneous respiratory deficient (res-) mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.
Lewis LA, Li KB, Gousse A, Pereira F, Pacheco N, Pierre S, Kodaman P, Lawson S. ( 1943842 )
Gene. 1989;75(1):177-84.
The structure of the Escherichia coli hemB gene.
Li JM, Russell CS, Cosloy SD. ( 2656410 )
J Bacteriol. 1988;170(2):1021-5.
Cloning of the Escherichia coli K-12 hemB gene.
Li JM, Umanoff H, Proenca R, Russell CS, Cosloy SD. ( 3276659 )
J Gen Microbiol. 1979;113(1):155-64.
Isolation of haemin-requiring mutants of Escherichia coli K12.
McConville ML, Charles HP. ( 387909 )
J Gen Microbiol. 1979;111(1):193-200.
Mutants of Escherichia coli K12 accumulating porphobilinogen: a new locus, hemC.
McConville ML, Charles HP. ( 379277 )
J Bacteriol. 1991;173(1):94-100.
delta-Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency can cause delta-aminolevulinate auxotrophy in Escherichia coli.
O'Neill GP, Thorbjarnardottir S, Michelsen U, Palsson S, Soll D, Eggertsson G. ( 1987138 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MTDLIQRPRR LRKSPALRAM FEETTLSLND LVLPIFVEEE IDDYKAVEAM PGVMRIPEKH LAREIERIAN 
0071 AGIRSVMTFG ISHHTDETGS DAWREDGLVA RMSRICKQTV PEMIVMSDTC FCEYTSHGHC GVLCEHGVDN 
0141 DATLENLGKQ AVVAAAAGAD FIAPSAAMDG QVQAIRQALD AAGFKDTAIM SYSTKFASSF YGPFREAAGS 
0211 ALKGDRKSYQ MNPMNRREAI RESLLDEAQG ADCLMVKPAG AYLDIVRELR ERTELPIGAY QVSGEYAMIK 
0281 FAALAGAIDE EKVVLESLGS IKRAGADLIF SYFALDLAEK KILR

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             tccattctct tcttgtcaac atcgcgacaa 
-070 ctttcgtaaa acatccctac cctgcttcag gtatactatg cccctcgatt ccacaaacat caggcagacc 
0001 atgacagact taatccaacg ccctcgtcgc ctgcgcaaat ctcctgcgct gcgcgctatg tttgaagaga 
0071 caacacttag ccttaacgac ctggtgttgc cgatctttgt tgaagaagaa attgacgact acaaagccgt 
0141 tgaagccatg ccaggcgtga tgcgcattcc agagaaacat ctggcacgcg aaattgaacg catcgccaac 
0211 gccggtattc gttccgtgat gacttttggc atctctcacc ataccgatga aaccggcagc gatgcctggc 
0281 gggaagatgg actggtggcg cgtatgtcgc gcatctgcaa gcagaccgtg ccagaaatga tcgttatgtc 
0351 agacacctgc ttctgtgaat acacttctca cggtcactgc ggtgtgctgt gcgagcatgg cgtcgacaac 
0421 gacgcgactc tggaaaattt aggcaagcaa gccgtggttg cagctgctgc aggtgcagac ttcatcgccc 
0491 cttccgccgc gatggacggc caggtacagg cgattcgtca ggcgctggac gctgcgggat ttaaagatac 
0561 ggcgattatg tcgtattcga ccaagttcgc ctcctccttt tatggcccgt tccgtgaagc tgccggaagc 
0631 gcattaaaag gcgaccgcaa aagctatcag atgaacccaa tgaaccgtcg tgaggcgatt cgtgaatcac 
0701 tgctggatga agcccagggc gcagactgcc tgatggttaa acctgctgga gcgtacctcg acatcgtgcg 
0771 tgagctgcgt gaacgtactg aattgccgat tggcgcgtat caggtgagcg gtgagtatgc gatgattaag 
0841 ttcgccgcgc tggcgggtgc tatagatgaa gagaaagtcg tgctcgaaag cttaggttcg attaagcgtg 
0911 cgggtgcgga tctgattttc agctactttg cgctggattt ggctgagaag aagattctgc gttaattttg 
0981 tttcctctca gaaaggggga gttaacctgt tgaaagtacg gtgaacgccc cctcacccta accctctccc 
1051 caagggggcg aggggaccgt ccact