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wbbI beta-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase WbbI [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 947041, updated on 6-Oct-2023

Summary

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Gene symbol
wbbI
Gene description
beta-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase WbbI
Primary source
ASAP:ABE-0006751
Locus tag
b2034
See related
ECOCYC:EG11983
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
ECK2028; yefG
Summary
WbbI is a -1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase that uses UDP-galactofuranose as the donor and has a modest preference for pyranoside acceptor substrates of the -D-gluco configuration . [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG11983].
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Genomic context

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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (2105065..2106057, complement)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene pseudo Neighboring gene IS5 family transposase and trans-activator Neighboring gene putative glycosyltransferase WbbK Neighboring gene putative lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis O-acetyl transferase WbbJ Neighboring gene putative O-antigen polymerase Neighboring gene UDP-galactopyranose mutase

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. Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide related to the repeating unit of the O-antigen from Escherichia coli K-12. Roy B, et al. Carbohydr Res, 2009 Nov 23. PMID 19836012
  2. Expression and initial characterization of WbbI, a putative D-Galf:alpha-D-Glc beta-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase from Escherichia coli K-12. Wing C, et al. Org Biomol Chem, 2006 Nov 7. PMID 17047874
  3. Structure of the O antigen of Escherichia coli K-12 and the sequence of its rfb gene cluster. Stevenson G, et al. J Bacteriol, 1994 Jul. PMID 7517391, Free PMC Article
  4. From the genome sequence to the proteome and back: evaluation of E. coli genome annotation with a 2-D gel-based proteomics approach. Maillet I, et al. Proteomics, 2007 Apr. PMID 17366475
  5. A 460-kb DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome corresponding to the 40.1-50.0 min region on the linkage map. Itoh T, et al. DNA Res, 1996 Dec 31. PMID 9097040

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. WbbI showed a modest preference for pyranoside acceptor substrates of the alpha-D-gluco-configuration but it also possessed the ability to turn-over acceptor analogues.
    Title: Expression and initial characterization of WbbI, a putative D-Galf:alpha-D-Glc beta-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase from Escherichia coli K-12.
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General gene information

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Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables lipopolysaccharide-1,6-galactosyltransferase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables transferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cytoplasm IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  

General protein information

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Preferred Names
beta-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase WbbI

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    2105065..2106057 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_416538.1 beta-1,6-galactofuranosyltransferase WbbI [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_416538.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A0A8J2Q6
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    PRK09814
    Location:1 → 327
    PRK09814; sugar transferase
Nucleotide Protein
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