Gene Information

Name : araD (BT_0353)
Accession : NP_809266.1
Strain : Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron VPI-5482
Genome accession: NC_004663
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 : 425643 - 426326 bp
Length : 684 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 :
ATGCTGGAAGAACTGAAAGAAAAAGTATTTCATGCCAATCTCGAATTGGTAAAGCATGGATTAGTCATCTTTACATGGGG
AAATGTTTCTGCCATCGACCGTGAAACGGAACTGGTAGTCATCAAACCCAGTGGAGTCAGTTATGATGATATGAAAGCGG
AAGATATGGTAGTAGTGGACCTGGATGGCAAAGTCGTCGAAGGACGGCTGAAGCCATCCTCAGATACTCCTACTCACGTG
GTACTCTACAAAGCATTCCCCGAAATCGGCGGAGTGGTGCATACCCACTCTACTTATGCTACCGCATGGGCGCAGGCCGG
TTGTGATATTCCCAATATCGGGACAACTCACGCTGACTATTTCCATGATGCAATCCCCTGCACAGCGGATATGACGGAAG
CTGAAGTAAAAGGTGCCTATGAACTGGAAACCGGAAACGTGATCGTAAAACGTTTCGAAGGCCTGAACCCTGTACATACA
CCGGGAGTATTGGTCAAGAATCATGGTCCTTTCTCTTGGGGAAAAGACGCACACGATGCCGTACACAATGCAGTAGTGAT
GGAACAAGTTGCCAAAATGGCAAGCATTGCTTATGCCGTGAATCCCAATTTAACAATGAACCCGCTGCTGGTAGAGAAAC
ACTTCAGCCGCAAGCATGGTCCGAACGCTTACTACGGACAATAA

Protein sequence :
MLEELKEKVFHANLELVKHGLVIFTWGNVSAIDRETELVVIKPSGVSYDDMKAEDMVVVDLDGKVVEGRLKPSSDTPTHV
VLYKAFPEIGGVVHTHSTYATAWAQAGCDIPNIGTTHADYFHDAIPCTADMTEAEVKGAYELETGNVIVKRFEGLNPVHT
PGVLVKNHGPFSWGKDAHDAVHNAVVMEQVAKMASIAYAVNPNLTMNPLLVEKHFSRKHGPNAYYGQ

• 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 1e-61 60