Gene Information

Name : araD (BSU28780)
Accession : NP_390756.1
Strain : Bacillus subtilis 168
Genome accession: NC_000964
Putative virulence/resistance : Unknown
Product : L-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase
Function : -
COG functional category : G : Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
COG ID : COG0235
EC number : 5.1.3.4
Position : 2944983 - 2945672 bp
Length : 690 bp
Strand : -
Note : catalyzes the isomerization of L-ribulose 5-phosphate to D-xylulose 5-phosphate in the anaerobic catabolism of L-ascorbate; links the arabinose metabolic pathway to the pentose phosphate pathway and allows the bacteria to use arabinose as an energy source

DNA sequence :
ATGCTTGAAACATTAAAAAAAGAAGTGCTGGCTGCCAACCTGAAGCTTCAAGAGCATCAGCTGGTAACCTTTACGTGGGG
AAATGTCAGCGGCATTGACCGTGAAAAAGAAAGAATTGTCATCAAACCTAGCGGAGTCGAATACAGCGACCTGACAGCCG
ATGACTTGGTTGTTTTGAACCTTGATGGAGAGGTCGTCGAAGGCTCGCTTAAACCTTCTTCAGATACACCTACCCATGTT
TATCTATATAAAGCCTTTCCGAATATCGGGGGAATTGTCCATACCCATTCTCAATGGGCGACAAGCTGGGCGCAATCGGG
CAGAGACATCCCTCCGTTAGGCACGACCCATGCTGATTATTTTGACAGTGCGATTCCATGTACTCGAGAAATGTACGATG
AAGAAATCATTCATGACTACGAACTGAATACAGGAAAAGTCATAGCGGAAACCTTTCAGCATCATAATTACGAACAGGTG
CCGGGTGTGCTCGTGAATAATCACGGACCGTTCTGCTGGGGCACTGACGCCTTAAATGCCATTCATAACGCAGTTGTATT
AGAAACGGTTGCCGAAATGGCCTATCACTCCATTATGCTGAACAAGGATGTAACCCCAATCAATACAGTCCTGCATGAAA
AGCATTTTTATCGAAAACACGGAGCAAATGCGTATTATGGCCAGTCATGA

Protein sequence :
MLETLKKEVLAANLKLQEHQLVTFTWGNVSGIDREKERIVIKPSGVEYSDLTADDLVVLNLDGEVVEGSLKPSSDTPTHV
YLYKAFPNIGGIVHTHSQWATSWAQSGRDIPPLGTTHADYFDSAIPCTREMYDEEIIHDYELNTGKVIAETFQHHNYEQV
PGVLVNNHGPFCWGTDALNAIHNAVVLETVAEMAYHSIMLNKDVTPINTVLHEKHFYRKHGANAYYGQS

• Homologs from PAI DB

GeneGenBank Accn Product Virulance or Resistance PAI or REI Alignment Type E-val Identity
araD YP_281517.1 L-ribulose-5-phosphate 4-epimerase Not tested Not named Protein 4e-53 54