Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q8FEP8 (LUXS_ECOL6)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase
    EC=4.4.1.21
Alternative name(s):
    Autoinducer-2 production protein luxS
    AI-2 synthesis protein

Gene names

Name:	luxS
Ordered Locus Names:	c3244

Organism

Escherichia coli O6 [Complete proteome] [HAMAP]

Taxonomic identifier

217992 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Proteobacteria › Gammaproteobacteria › Enterobacteriales › Enterobacteriaceae › Escherichia

Protein attributes

Sequence length	171 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is further processed into a mature form.
Protein existence	Inferred from homology.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Involved in the synthesis of autoinducer 2 (AI-2) which is secreted by bacteria and is used to communicate both the cell density and the metabolic potential of the environment. The regulation of gene expression in response to changes in cell density is called quorum sensing. Catalyzes the transformation of S-ribosylhomocysteine (RHC) to homocysteine (HC) and 4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentadione (DPD) By similarity. HAMAP MF_00091
Catalytic activity	S-(5-deoxy-D-ribos-5-yl)-L-homocysteine = L-homocysteine + (4S)-4,5-dihydroxypentan-2,3-dione. HAMAP MF_00091
Cofactor	Binds 1 iron ion per subunit By similarity. HAMAP MF_00091
Subunit structure	Homodimer By similarity. HAMAP MF_00091
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the luxS family.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Autoinducer synthesis Quorum sensing
Ligand	Iron Metal-binding
Molecular function	Lyase
Technical term	Complete proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	quorum sensing Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP
Molecular function	S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP iron ion binding 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
	Initiator methionine	1	1	Removed By similarity
	Chain	2 – 171	170	S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase HAMAP MF_00091		PRO_0000172221
Sites
	Metal binding	54	1	Iron By similarity
	Metal binding	58	1	Iron By similarity
	Metal binding	128	1	Iron By similarity

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q8FEP8-1 [UniParc]. Last modified January 23, 2007. Version 3. Checksum: 131F4B204B6DA105	FASTA	171	19,443
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MPLLDSFTVD HTRMEAPAVR VAKTMNTPHG DAITVFDLRF CVPNKEVMPE RGIHTLEHLF 70 80 90 100 110 120 AGFMRNHLNG NGVEIIDISP MGCRTGFYMS LIGTPDEQRV ADAWKAAMED VLKVQDQNQI 130 140 150 160 170 PELNVYQCGT YQMHSLQEAQ DIARNILERD VRINSNEELA LPKEKLQELH I

References

[1]

"Extensive mosaic structure revealed by the complete genome sequence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli." Welch R.A., Burland V., Plunkett G. III, Redford P., Roesch P., Rasko D., Buckles E.L., Liou S.-R., Boutin A., Hackett J., Stroud D., Mayhew G.F., Rose D.J., Zhou S., Schwartz D.C., Perna N.T., Mobley H.L.T., Donnenberg M.S., Blattner F.R. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99:17020-17024(2002) [PubMed: 12471157] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: O6:H1 / CFT073 / ATCC 700928 / UPEC.

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBL GenBank DDBJ	AE014075 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAN81696.1.
RefSeq	NP_755126.1.
3D structure databases
SMR	Q8FEP8. Positions 3-161.
ModBase	Search...
Genome annotation databases
GeneID	1039014.
GenomeReviews	Gene locus c3244 in contig AE014075_GR.
KEGG	ecc:c3244.
Organism-specific databases
CMR	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
HOGENOM	HBG347473.
OMA	VRIAKTM.
Enzyme and pathway databases
BRENDA	4.4.1.21. 292881.
Family and domain databases
HAMAP	MF_00091. LuxS. [Tree]
InterPro	IPR011249. Metalloenz_metal-bd. IPR003815. S-ribosylhomocysteinase. [Graphical view]
Pfam	PF02664. LuxS. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
PIRSF	PIRSF006160. AI2. 1 hit.
PRINTS	PR01487. LUXSPROTEIN.
ProDom	PD013172. S-ribosylhomocysteinase. 1 hit. [Graphical view] [Entries sharing at least one domain]
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

LUXS_ECOL6

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q8FEP8

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	April 23, 2003
Last sequence update:	January 23, 2007
Last modified:	January 19, 2010
This is version 45 of the entry and version 3 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

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