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Gene Report : speE
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
Gene. 1993;126(1):115-7.
Deletion mutations in the speED operon: spermidine is not essential for the growth of Escherichia coli.
Xie QW, Tabor CW, Tabor H. ( 8472951 )
     Deletion OCR32 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
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General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name speE  
 Alternative name b0121,ECK0120,JW0117  
 Location, Length 135,598 - 136,464 (  -  ) ;   2.92 min ; 867 (bp) ,   288 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product spermidine synthase (putrescine aminopropyltransferase)  
 Operon Name yacC-speED  
 Note spermidine synthase = putrescine aminopropyltransferase; GO_process: GO:0006596 - polyamine biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Central intermediary metabolism: Polyamine biosynthesis  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( speE )
GO:0004766 ; spermidine synthase activity ( speE )
GO:0006596 ; polyamine biosynthetic process ( speE )
GO:0008295 ; spermidine biosynthetic process ( speE )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( speE )
 PID 1786312  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.5.1.16  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene speE ( EG10963 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 1 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) SPEE_ECOLI ( P09158 )
    -  Protein name Spermidine synthase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.5.1.16, Putrescine aminopropyltransferase, SPDSY  
    -  Gene name Name=speE; OrderedLocusNames=b0121;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   125.0  –  150.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP speE (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Human Spermidine Synthase  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Spermidine synthase  
         PSI-BLAST Spermidine synthase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST spermidine synthase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    SPERMIDINE_SYNTHASE     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0421E 
    EcoCyc speE 

MMBR References
J Biol Chem. 1987;262:16037-16040
The speEspeD operon of Escherichia coli. Formation and processing of a proenzyme form of S adenosylmethionine decarboxylase.
Tabor, C. W., and H. Tabor.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986;83:6040-6044
Spermidine synthase of Escherichia coli: localization of the speE gene.
Tabor, C. W., H. Tabor, and Q.-W. Xie.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MAEKKQWHET LHDQFGQYFA VDNVLYHEKT DHQDLIIFEN AAFGRVMALD GVVQTTERDE FIYHEMMTHV 
0071 PLLAHGHAKH VLIIGGGDGA MLREVTRHKN VESITMVEID AGVVSFCRQY LPNHNAGSYD DPRFKLVIDD 
0141 GVNFVNQTSQ TFDVIISDCT DPIGPGESLF TSAFYEGCKR CLNPGGIFVA QNGVCFLQQE EAIDSHRKLS 
0211 HYFSDVGFYQ AAIPTYYGGI MTFAWATDND ALRHLSTEII QARFLASGLK CRYYNPAIHT AAFALPQYLQ 
0281 DALASQPS

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             gatacctttt tgtagaaata ttgaccgtgc 
-070 atccgcggtc aatgttagct attatgttgc gccctttttt tacgggtgtt aacaaaggag gtatcaaccc 
0001 atggccgaaa aaaaacagtg gcatgaaacg ctacacgacc agtttgggca gtactttgcg gtagataacg 
0071 ttctgtatca tgaaaagacc gatcaccagg atctgatcat ttttgagaac gctgcatttg gtcgcgtaat 
0141 ggcgctggat ggcgtagtac aaaccaccga gcgcgacgag tttatctatc atgagatgat gacccatgtt 
0211 ccgctactgg cccatggtca cgcgaaacat gtgctgatta tcggcggcgg cgacggtgcc atgctgcgtg 
0281 aagtaacccg acataaaaac gttgagtcaa tcacgatggt ggaaatcgat gcgggtgtcg tatcgttctg 
0351 ccgtcagtat ctacccaacc ataacgccgg tagctacgac gatccgcgct ttaagctggt gatcgacgat 
0421 ggcgtcaatt tcgttaatca aaccagccag acctttgatg tcattatctc cgactgcacc gatcctatcg 
0491 gtcccggcga aagccttttc acttcggcat tttatgaagg ctgcaaacgt tgcctgaatc ctggcggtat 
0561 cttcgtcgca caaaacggcg tctgcttttt acagcaggaa gaagccatcg acagccatcg caaactcagc 
0631 cattacttca gcgacgttgg cttttatcag gcggcgatcc cgacctatta cggcggtatc atgacttttg 
0701 catgggcgac agataacgac gccttacgcc atctctcaac cgaaattatt caggcgcgtt ttctcgcctc 
0771 tggcctgaaa tgccgttatt acaatccggc aatccatacg gcagcttttg ccttacctca gtatctgcaa 
0841 gacgcactgg cttcacagcc gtcctaagga gaagataaga aattgaaaaa actgaaactg catggcttta 
0911 ataatctgac caaaagtctg agtttttgta tttacgatat ctgctacgcc aaaactg