Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P63481 (ALR1_STAAW)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Alanine racemase 1
    EC=5.1.1.1

Gene names

Name:	alr1
Synonyms:	alr
Ordered Locus Names:	MW1994

Organism

Staphylococcus aureus (strain MW2) [Complete proteome] [HAMAP]

Taxonomic identifier

196620 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Firmicutes › Bacillales › Staphylococcus

Protein attributes

Sequence length	382 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Inferred from homology.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Provides the D-alanine required for cell wall biosynthesis By similarity.
Catalytic activity	L-alanine = D-alanine. HAMAP MF_01201
Cofactor	Pyridoxal phosphate By similarity.
Pathway	Amino-acid biosynthesis; D-alanine biosynthesis; D-alanine from L-alanine: step 1/1. HAMAP MF_01201 Cell wall biogenesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis. HAMAP MF_01201
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the alanine racemase family.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Cell shape Cell wall biogenesis/degradation Peptidoglycan synthesis
Ligand	Pyridoxal phosphate
Molecular function	Isomerase
Technical term	Complete proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	alanine metabolic process Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP cell wall organization Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW peptidoglycan biosynthetic process Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP regulation of cell shape Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Molecular function	alanine racemase activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP pyridoxal phosphate binding Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 382	382	Alanine racemase 1 HAMAP MF_01201		PRO_0000114572
Sites
	Active site	39	1	Proton acceptor; specific for D-alanine By similarity
	Active site	265	1	Proton acceptor; specific for L-alanine By similarity
Amino acid modifications
	Modified residue	39	1	N6-(pyridoxal phosphate)lysine By similarity

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	P63481-1 [UniParc]. Last modified October 11, 2004. Version 1. Checksum: A46B7E55F5A65E41	FASTA	382	42,809
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MSDKYYRSAY MNVDLNAVAS NFKVFSTLHP NKTVMAVVKA NAYGLGSVKV ARHLMENGAT 70 80 90 100 110 120 FFAVATLDEA IELRMHGITA KILVLGVLPA KDIDKAIQHR VALTVPSKQW LKEAIKNISG 130 140 150 160 170 180 EQEKKLWLHI KLDTGMGRLG IKDTNTYQEV IEIIQQYEQL VFEGVFTHFA CADEPGDMTT 190 200 210 220 230 240 EQYQRFKDMV NEAIKPEYIH CQNSAGSLLM DCQFCNAIRP GISLYGYYPS EYVQQKVKVH 250 260 270 280 290 300 LKPSVQLIAN VVQTKTLQAG ESVSYGATYT ATDPTTIALL PIGYADGYLR IMQGSFVNVN 310 320 330 340 350 360 GHQCEVIGRV CMDQTIVKVP DQVKAGDSVI LIDNHRESPQ SVEVVAEKQH TINYEVLCNL 370 380 SRRLPRIYHD GDQRFVTNEL LK

References

[1]

"Genome and virulence determinants of high virulence community-acquired MRSA." Baba T., Takeuchi F., Kuroda M., Yuzawa H., Aoki K., Oguchi A., Nagai Y., Iwama N., Asano K., Naimi T., Kuroda H., Cui L., Yamamoto K., Hiramatsu K. Lancet 359:1819-1827(2002) [PubMed: 12044378] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBLGenBankDDBJ	BA000033 Genomic DNA. Translation: BAB95859.1.
RefSeq	NP_646811.1.
3D structure databases
HSSP	HSSP built from PDB template 1BD0 based on UniProtKB P10724.
ModBase	Search...
Protein-protein interaction databases
STRING	P63481.
Genome annotation databases
GeneID	1004110.
GenomeReviews	Gene locus MW1994 in contig BA000033_GR.
KEGG	sam:MW1994.
Organism-specific databases
CMR	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
HOGENOM	P63481.
OMA	PTHERSI.
Enzyme and pathway databases
BioCyc	SAUR196620:MW1994-MON.
Family and domain databases
HAMAP	MF_01201. [Tree]
InterPro	IPR011079. Ala_racemase_C. IPR001608. Ala_racemase_N. IPR000821. Ala_racemase_reg. [Graphical view]
Pfam	PF00842. Ala_racemase_C. 1 hit. PF01168. Ala_racemase_N. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
PRINTS	PR00992. ALARACEMASE.
TIGRFAMs	TIGR00492. alr. 1 hit.
PROSITE	PS00395. ALANINE_RACEMASE. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

ALR1_STAAW

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: P63481
Secondary accession number(s): Q99SI5

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	October 11, 2004
Last sequence update:	October 11, 2004
Last modified:	November 3, 2009
This is version 36 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)