EcoGene

GenePage for the caiC gene of Escherichia coli K-12

Primary Gene Name: caiC
EcoGene Accession Number: EG11558
K-12 Gene Accession Number: ECK0038
MG1655 Gene Identifier: b0037

Horizontal Gene Transfer

HT1006

Y-synonyms

Gene Name Mnemonic: Carnitine inducible

Alternate Gene Symbols: yaaM

Description:
Crotonobetain/carnitine-CoA ligase

Pre-Run BlastP UniProt

Protein Sequence: ------------ MW: 58559.09------517 aa ------------ Pre-Run BlastP NR+Env

Genomic Address
Left End: 36271 ----------------- Counterclockwise ----------------- Right End: 37824
Left Inter Gene Info Minute or Centisome (%) = 0.78 Right Inter Gene Info

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Curator or user-submitted Comments:

Simliarity comparisons with Salmonella, Desulfotomaculum, Shewanella and Proteus CaiC homologs indicate that the second ATG is the likely start site, which also has a good predicted RBS of GGAG (Personal communication, G. Plunkett, 6/07).