Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q2YIU9 (ALR_BRUA2)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Alanine racemase
    EC=5.1.1.1

Gene names

Name:	alr
Ordered Locus Names:	BAB2_0312

Organism

Brucella abortus (strain 2308) [Complete proteome] [HAMAP]

Taxonomic identifier

359391 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Proteobacteria › Alphaproteobacteria › Rhizobiales › Brucellaceae › Brucella

Protein attributes

Sequence length	396 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Protein existence	Inferred from homology.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Provides the D-alanine required for cell wall biosynthesis By similarity. HAMAP MF_01201
Catalytic activity	L-alanine = D-alanine. HAMAP MF_01201
Cofactor	Pyridoxal phosphate By similarity. HAMAP MF_01201
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 cellular 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 – 396	396	Alanine racemase HAMAP MF_01201		PRO_1000065972
Sites
	Active site	46	1	Proton acceptor; specific for D-alanine By similarity
	Active site	280	1	Proton acceptor; specific for L-alanine By similarity
Amino acid modifications
	Modified residue	46	1	N6-(pyridoxal phosphate)lysine By similarity

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q2YIU9-1 [UniParc]. Last modified December 20, 2005. Version 1. Checksum: 3BA110919EB0066A	FASTA	396	42,368
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MSLPFSQDER DLAAGGILTI DLAALRHNYS AIATRIAPTR TAAVVKADAY GLGASRVAPA 70 80 90 100 110 120 FYEAGCRDFF VAHLGEAVAL KPFLKPDATL YVLNGLQPGT EAACAREGIL PVLNSLEQVE 130 140 150 160 170 180 NWAALATRLG KKLPALLQFD TGMSRLGLSA KEFDRLLENV TLLSRIDIKF AISHLANGDE 190 200 210 220 230 240 PGNAVNARQL AKMTALLARL PKLPAALANS GGTFLGKTYY FDLARPGIAL YGIDPERQHD 250 260 270 280 290 300 FSDKVAHENK KPKHSILPVL TLSARVIQVR DVDKGATVGY GGTYVANGPM RIATIAVGYA 310 320 330 340 350 360 DGLFRSLSNK GAAFFGDTRL PIIGRVSMDS ITLDVTSLPE GTLKLGSLVE LIGPHQRLED 370 380 390 VARDCDTIPY EILTALGNRY ARVYVYVNGG GTSTTA

References

[1]

"Whole-genome analyses of speciation events in pathogenic Brucellae." Chain P.S., Comerci D.J., Tolmasky M.E., Larimer F.W., Malfatti S.A., Vergez L.M., Aguero F., Land M.L., Ugalde R.A., Garcia E. Infect. Immun. 73:8353-8361(2005) [PubMed: 16299333] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBL GenBank DDBJ	AM040265 Genomic DNA. Translation: CAJ12478.1.
RefSeq	YP_418523.1.
3D structure databases
HSSP	HSSP built from PDB template 1XQL based on UniProtKB P10724.
SMR	Q2YIU9. Positions 17-385.
ModBase	Search...
Protein-protein interaction databases
STRING	Q2YIU9.
Genome annotation databases
GeneID	3827139.
GenomeReviews	Gene locus BAB2_0312 in contig AM040265_GR.
KEGG	bmf:BAB2_0312.
Organism-specific databases
CMR	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
eggNOG	COG0787.
HOGENOM	HBG712172.
OMA	RIADEFP.
Enzyme and pathway databases
BioCyc	BMEL359391:BAB2_0312-MONOMER.
Family and domain databases
HAMAP	MF_01201. Ala_racemase. [Tree]
InterPro	IPR000821. Ala_racemase. IPR009006. Ala_racemase/Decarboxylase_C. IPR011079. Ala_racemase_C. IPR001608. Ala_racemase_N. IPR020622. Ala_racemase_pyridoxalP-BS. [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

ALR_BRUA2

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q2YIU9

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	February 5, 2008
Last sequence update:	December 20, 2005
Last modified:	February 9, 2010
This is version 33 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)