Q81PP9 (KYNB_BACAN) Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
Kynurenine formamidase
Short name=KFA
EC=3.5.1.9

Alternative name(s):
N-formylkynurenine formamidase

Gene names

Name:	kynB
Ordered Locus Names:	BA_2752, GBAA_2752, BAS2566

Organism

Bacillus anthracis

Taxonomic identifier

1392 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Firmicutes › Bacillales › Bacillaceae › Bacillus › Bacillus cereus group

Protein attributes

Sequence length	209 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Protein existence	Inferred from homology

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Catalyzes the hydrolysis of N-formyl-L-kynurenine to L-kynurenine By similarity.
Catalytic activity	N-formyl-L-kynurenine + H2O = formate + L-kynurenine.
Pathway	Amino-acid degradation; L-tryptophan degradation via kynurenine pathway; L-kynurenine from L-tryptophan: step 2/2.
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the kynB family.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Tryptophan catabolism
Molecular function	Hydrolase
Technical term	Complete proteome Reference proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	anthranilate metabolic process Inferred from genomic context. Source: UniProtKB tryptophan catabolic process to kynurenine Inferred from genomic context. Source: UniProtKB
Molecular function	arylformamidase activity Inferred from sequence or structural similarity. Source: UniProtKB formamidase activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: InterPro
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 209	209	Kynurenine formamidase		PRO_0000362088

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q81PP9 [UniParc]. Last modified June 1, 2003. Version 1. Checksum: 7FDA0CE1FD44BA65	FASTA	209	23,188
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MKTSKWIDIS QPLNNDIATW PGDTPFSYEV LWSKEESGSV NVGKLTMSIH TGTHIDAPFH 70 80 90 100 110 120 FDNDGKKVLD LDIQVYVGPT RIIDVSNLES IGKKELEKFH LEGVERLLLR TSSHGKANEF 130 140 150 160 170 180 PDIIPHLRAD IAPFLSEKGI RLIGVDVPSV DPLDDKELAA HHQLFKHSIH ILENVVLDHV 190 200 ADGDYELIAL PLALSDADGS PVRAVIRPI

References

[1]	"The genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames and comparison to closely related bacteria." Read T.D., Peterson S.N., Tourasse N.J., Baillie L.W., Paulsen I.T., Nelson K.E., Tettelin H., Fouts D.E., Eisen J.A., Gill S.R., Holtzapple E.K., Okstad O.A., Helgason E., Rilstone J., Wu M., Kolonay J.F., Beanan M.J., Dodson R.J. , Brinkac L.M., Gwinn M.L., DeBoy R.T., Madpu R., Daugherty S.C., Durkin A.S., Haft D.H., Nelson W.C., Peterson J.D., Pop M., Khouri H.M., Radune D., Benton J.L., Mahamoud Y., Jiang L., Hance I.R., Weidman J.F., Berry K.J., Plaut R.D., Wolf A.M., Watkins K.L., Nierman W.C., Hazen A., Cline R.T., Redmond C., Thwaite J.E., White O., Salzberg S.L., Thomason B., Friedlander A.M., Koehler T.M., Hanna P.C., Kolstoe A.-B., Fraser C.M. Nature 423:81-86(2003) [PubMed: 12721629] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: Ames / isolate Porton.
[2]	"Complete genome sequence of Bacillus anthracis Sterne." Brettin T.S., Bruce D., Challacombe J.F., Gilna P., Han C., Hill K., Hitchcock P., Jackson P., Keim P., Longmire J., Lucas S., Okinaka R., Richardson P., Rubin E., Tice H. Submitted (JAN-2004) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: Sterne.
[3]	"Bacillus anthracis comparative genomics." Ravel J., Rasko D.A., Shumway M.F., Jiang L., Cer R.Z., Federova N.B., Wilson M., Stanley S., Decker S., Read T.D., Salzberg S.L., Fraser C.M. Submitted (MAY-2004) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: Ames ancestor.

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBL GenBank DDBJ	AE016879 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAP26588.1. AE017334 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAT31868.1. AE017225 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAT54876.1.
RefSeq	NP_845102.1. NC_003997.3. YP_019393.1. NC_007530.2. YP_028825.1. NC_005945.1.
3D structure databases
ProteinModelPortal	Q81PP9.
ModBase	Search...
Protocols and materials databases
StructuralBiologyKnowledgebase	Search...
Genome annotation databases
EnsemblBacteria	EBBACT00000009123; EBBACP00000008879; EBBACG00000009115. EBBACT00000014784; EBBACP00000014405; EBBACG00000014776. EBBACT00000020039; EBBACP00000019524; EBBACG00000020030.
GeneID	1087435. 2819428. 2849156.
GenomeReviews	Gene locus BA_2752 in contig AE016879_GR. Gene locus BAS2566 in contig AE017225_GR. Gene locus GBAA_2752 in contig AE017334_GR.
KEGG	ban:BA_2752. bar:GBAA_2752. bat:BAS2566.
TIGR	BA_2752. GBAA_2752.
Phylogenomic databases
GeneTree	EBGT00050000003083.
HOGENOM	HBG686791.
OMA	FERVPAN.
ProtClustDB	CLSK904617.
Enzyme and pathway databases
BioCyc	BANT260799:BAS2566-MONOMER. BANT261594:GBAA2752-MONOMER.
Family and domain databases
InterPro	IPR017484. Arylformamidase. IPR007325. Cyclase. [Graphical view]
KO	K07130.
Pfam	PF04199. Cyclase. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
TIGRFAMs	TIGR03035. Trp_arylform. 1 hit.
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

KYNB_BACAN

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q81PP9
Secondary accession number(s): Q6HXW3, Q6KRY5

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	February 10, 2009
Last sequence update:	June 1, 2003
Last modified:	November 16, 2011
This is version 55 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation program

Prokaryotic Protein Annotation Program