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ghxQ guanine/hypoxanthine transporter GhxQ [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 2847748, updated on 2-May-2024

Summary

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Gene symbol
ghxQ
Gene description
guanine/hypoxanthine transporter GhxQ
Primary source
ASAP:ABE-0174113
Locus tag
b4464
See related
ECOCYC:G7503
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
PROVISIONAL
Organism
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as
b2884; b2885; ECK2880; ygfQ; ygfR
Summary
YgfQ belongs to a superfamily of xanthine/uracil permeases. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG13067]. YgfQ has been predicted to be a xanthine, uracil permease by bioinformatic analysis . [More information is available at EcoCyc: G7503].
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Genomic context

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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (3027121..3028488)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene xanthine:H(+) symporter XanQ Neighboring gene guanine deaminase Neighboring gene putative electron transport protein YgfS Neighboring gene putative oxidoreductase YgfT

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Gene expression profiling of the pH response in Escherichia coli. Tucker DL, et al. J Bacteriol, 2002 Dec. PMID 12426343, Free PMC Article
  2. Transport of nucleic acid bases into Escherichia coli. Burton K. J Gen Microbiol, 1983 Nov. PMID 6198438
  3. Interfering with different steps of protein synthesis explored by transcriptional profiling of Escherichia coli K-12. Sabina J, et al. J Bacteriol, 2003 Oct. PMID 14526028, Free PMC Article
  4. SigmaE regulates and is regulated by a small RNA in Escherichia coli. Thompson KM, et al. J Bacteriol, 2007 Jun. PMID 17416652, Free PMC Article
  5. Purine catabolism in Escherichia coli and function of xanthine dehydrogenase in purine salvage. Xi H, et al. J Bacteriol, 2000 Oct. PMID 10986234, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables guanine transmembrane transporter activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables guanine transmembrane transporter activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables nucleobase transmembrane transporter activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within guanine import across plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within hypoxanthine transport IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in purine nucleobase transmembrane transport IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in transmembrane transport IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
located_in membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
is_active_in plasma membrane IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
located_in plasma membrane ISM
Inferred from Sequence Model
more info
 PubMed 

General protein information

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Preferred Names
guanine/hypoxanthine transporter GhxQ

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    3027121..3028488
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. YP_026186.1 guanine/hypoxanthine transporter GhxQ [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for YP_026186.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A8I0CEW5, A0A8S7JYN1
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    COG2252
    Location:13 → 453
    AzgA; Xanthine/uracil/vitamin C permease, AzgA family [Nucleotide transport and metabolism]
Nucleotide Protein
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