Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P25740 (RFAG_ECOLI)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Lipopolysaccharide core biosynthesis protein rfaG
    EC=2.4.-.-
Alternative name(s):
    Glucosyltransferase I

Gene names

Name:	rfaG
Synonyms:	pcsA, waaG
Ordered Locus Names:	b3631, JW3606

Organism

Escherichia coli (strain K12) [Complete proteome] [HAMAP]

Taxonomic identifier

83333 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Proteobacteria › Gammaproteobacteria › Enterobacteriales › Enterobacteriaceae › Escherichia

Protein attributes

Sequence length	374 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Evidence at protein level.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Involved in the addition of the first glucose residue to the lipopolysaccharide core.
Pathway	Bacterial outer membrane biogenesis; LPS core biosynthesis.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the glycosyltransferase 1 family.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis
Molecular function	Glycosyltransferase Transferase
Technical term	3D-structure Complete proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Molecular function	transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

Feature key

Position(s)

Length

Description

Graphical view

Feature identifier

Molecule processing

Chain

1 – 374

374

Lipopolysaccharide core biosynthesis protein rfaG

PRO_0000080305

Secondary structure

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Helix Strand Turn

Details...

Beta strand

3 – 6

4

Beta strand

8 – 10

3

Helix

15 – 29

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Beta strand

34 – 41

8

Beta strand

49 – 53

5

Helix

61 – 78

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Beta strand

82 – 88

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Beta strand

94 – 97

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Helix

103 – 110

8

Helix

113 – 116

4

Helix

119 – 132

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Beta strand

139 – 143

5

Helix

145 – 155

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Helix

159 – 161

3

Beta strand

162 – 164

3

Helix

171 – 173

3

Helix

175 – 177

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Helix

182 – 189

8

Beta strand

197 – 202

6

Turn

206 – 210

5

Helix

211 – 220

10

Helix

223 – 227

5

Beta strand

229 – 237

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Helix

240 – 248

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Helix

252 – 254

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Beta strand

255 – 259

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Helix

264 – 270

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Beta strand

272 – 276

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Helix

285 – 293

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Beta strand

297 – 300

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Helix

306 – 312

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Beta strand

315 – 318

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Helix

324 – 336

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Helix

338 – 354

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Helix

360 – 369

10

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	P25740-1 [UniParc]. Last modified May 1, 1992. Version 1. Checksum: 7F20AE577CBB80C2	FASTA	374	42,284
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MIVAFCLYKY FPFGGLQRDF MRIASTVAAR GHHVRVYTQS WEGDCPKAFE LIQVPVKSHT 70 80 90 100 110 120 NHGRNAEYYA WVQNHLKEHP ADRVVGFNKM PGLDVYFAAD VCYAEKVAQE KGFLYRLTSR 130 140 150 160 170 180 YRHYAAFERA TFEQGKSTKL MMLTDKQIAD FQKHYQTEPE RFQILPPGIY PDRKYSEQIP 190 200 210 220 230 240 NSREIYRQKN GIKEQQNLLL QVGSDFGRKG VDRSIEALAS LPESLRHNTL LFVVGQDKPR 250 260 270 280 290 300 KFEALAEKLG VRSNVHFFSG RNDVSELMAA ADLLLHPAYQ EAAGIVLLEA ITAGLPVLTT 310 320 330 340 350 360 AVCGYAHYIA DANCGTVIAE PFSQEQLNEV LRKALTQSPL RMAWAENARH YADTQDLYSL 370 PEKAADIITG GLDG

References

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[1]	"Identification and sequences of the lipopolysaccharide core biosynthetic genes rfaQ, rfaP, and rfaG of Escherichia coli K-12." Parker C.T., Pradel E., Schnaitman C.A. J. Bacteriol. 174:930-934(1992) [PubMed: 1732225] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: K12.
[2]	"Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes." Sofia H.J., Burland V., Daniels D.L., Plunkett G. III, Blattner F.R. Nucleic Acids Res. 22:2576-2586(1994) [PubMed: 8041620] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: K12 / MG1655 / ATCC 47076.
[3]	"The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Blattner F.R., Plunkett G. III, Bloch C.A., Perna N.T., Burland V., Riley M., Collado-Vides J., Glasner J.D., Rode C.K., Mayhew G.F., Gregor J., Davis N.W., Kirkpatrick H.A., Goeden M.A., Rose D.J., Mau B., Shao Y. Science 277:1453-1474(1997) [PubMed: 9278503] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: K12 / MG1655 / ATCC 47076.
[4]	"Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Hayashi K., Morooka N., Yamamoto Y., Fujita K., Isono K., Choi S., Ohtsubo E., Baba T., Wanner B.L., Mori H., Horiuchi T. Mol. Syst. Biol. 2:E1-E5(2006) [PubMed: 16738553] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: K12 / W3110 / ATCC 27325 / DSM 5911.
[5]	"The gene coding for 3-deoxy-manno-octulosonic acid transferase and the rfaQ gene are transcribed from divergently arranged promoters in Escherichia coli." Clementz T. J. Bacteriol. 174:7750-7756(1992) [PubMed: 1447141] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 1-217.
[6]	"Identification by Tn10 transposon mutagenesis of host factors involved in the biosynthesis of K99 fimbriae of Escherichia coli: effect of LPS core mutations." Pilipcinec E., Huisman T.T., Willemsen P.T., Appelmelk B.J., Graaf F.K., Oudega B. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 123:201-206(1994) [PubMed: 7988890] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 1-58.
+	Additional computationally mapped references.

Cross-references

Sequence databases

EMBLGenBankDDBJ

M80599 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAA24082.1.
M86305 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAA03743.2.
U00039 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAB18608.1.
U00096 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAC76655.1.
AP009048 Genomic DNA. Translation: BAE77661.1.
S75736 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAD43826.1.

PIR

B42595.

RefSeq

AP_004160.1.
NP_418088.1.

3D structure databases

PDBPDBe

Entry	Method	Resolution (Å)	Chain	Positions	PDBsum
2IV7	X-ray	1.60	A	1-374	[»]
2IW1	X-ray	1.50	A	1-374	[»]

ModBase

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Protein family/group databases

CAZy

GT4. Glycosyltransferase Family 4.

Genome annotation databases

GeneID

948149.

GenomeReviews

Gene locus JW3606 in contig AP009048_GR.
Gene locus b3631 in contig U00096_GR.

KEGG

ecj:JW3606.
eco:b3631.

Organism-specific databases

EchoBASE

EB1315.

EcoGene

EG11339. rfaG.

CMR

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Phylogenomic databases

HOGENOM

P25740.

OMA

P25740. LMISEVQ.

Enzyme and pathway databases

BioCyc

EcoCyc:EG11339-MON.
MetaCyc:EG11339-MON.

Family and domain databases

InterPro

IPR001296. Glyco_trans_1.
[Graphical view]

Pfam

PF00534. Glycos_transf_1. 1 hit.
[Graphical view]

ProtoNet

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Entry information

Entry name

RFAG_ECOLI

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: P25740
Secondary accession number(s): Q2M7U5

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	May 1, 1992
Last sequence update:	May 1, 1992
Last modified:	June 16, 2009
This is version 70 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

HAMAP (High-quality Automated and Manual Annotation of microbial Proteomes)