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Gene Report : birA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Edition. ASM Press. 1996
Neidhart, F.C.
     Deletion OCR10,11-11 (AK1-16 / BK2-16) (D)  ,  OCR10,11-16 (BK5-16 / AK7-16) (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  birA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  birA   Search strains by all related name:  birA b3973 bioR dhbB ECK3965 JW3941

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name birA  
 Alternative name b3973,bioR,dhbB,ECK3965,JW3941  
 Location, Length 4,171,105 - 4,172,070 (  +  ) ;   89.90 min ; 966 (bp) ,   321 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product bifunctional biotin-[acetylCoA carboxylase]holoenzyme synthetase/ DNA-binding transcriptional repressor, bio-5'-AMP-binding  
 Operon Name murB-birA  
 Note biotin-[acetylCoA carboxylase] holoenzyme synthetase and biotin operon repressor; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm; GO_function: GO:0016564 - transcription repressor activity; GO_process: GO:0009102 - biotin biosynthetic process; GO_process: GO:0006350 - transcription  
 Function enzyme; Biosynthesis of cofactors, carriers: Biotin  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003677 ; DNA binding ( birA )
GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( birA )
GO:0004077 ; biotin-[acetyl-CoA-carboxylase] ligase activity ( birA )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( birA )
GO:0006350 ; transcription ( birA )
GO:0006355 ; regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent ( birA )
GO:0006464 ; protein modification process ( birA )
GO:0016564 ; transcription repressor activity ( birA )
GO:0016874 ; ligase activity ( birA )
 PID 1790408  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
6.3.4.15  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) BIRA_ECOLI ( P06709 )
    -  Protein name BirA bifunctional protein  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name Name=birA; Synonyms=bioR, dhbB; OrderedLocusNames=b3973;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   4160.0  –  4185.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP birA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain , Bira Bifunctional Protein (Acts As Biotin Operon Repressor And Biotin Holoenzyme Synthetase) (E.C.6.3.4.15)  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Bifunctional protein birA [Includes: Biotin operon repressor; Biotin--[acetyl-CoA-carboxylase] synthetase  
         PSI-BLAST Bifunctional protein birA [Includes: Biotin operon repressor; Biotin--[acetyl-CoA-carboxylase] synthetase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST biotin ligase [Mammalian expression vector pNBio]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0340H  COG1654K 
    EcoCyc birA 

MMBR References
Gene. 1985;35(3):321-31.
Nucleotide sequence of the birA gene encoding the biotin operon repressor and biotin holoenzyme synthetase functions of Escherichia coli.
Howard PK, Shaw J, Otsuka AJ. ( 3899863 )
J Bacteriol. 1980;143(2):789-800.
Use of bio-lac fusion strains to study regulation of biotin biosynthesis in Escherichia coli.
Barker DF, Campbell AM. ( 6782078 )
J Mol Biol. 1981;146(4):469-92.
Genetic and biochemical characterization of the birA gene and its product: evidence for a direct role of biotin holoenzyme synthetase in repression of the biotin operon in Escherichia coli.
Barker DF, Campbell AM. ( 6456358 )
J Mol Biol. 1981;146(4):451-67.
The birA gene of Escherichia coli encodes a biotin holoenzyme synthetase.
Barker DF, Campbell AM. ( 7024555 )
J Bacteriol. 1993;175(2):307-16.
Autogenous regulation of gene expression.
Maloy S, Stewart V. ( 8419283 )
Mol Gen Genet. 1974;134(4):345-57.
Biochemical and genetic characterization of dehydrobiotin resistant mutants of Escherichia coli.
Pai CH. ( 4614081 )
Biochemistry. 1996;35(6):1783-92.
Evidence for interdomain interaction in the Escherichia coli repressor of biotin biosynthesis from studies of an N-terminal domain deletion mutant.
Xu Y, Beckett D. ( 8639659 )
J Bacteriol. 1980;142(3):1025-8.
Biotin regulatory (bir) mutations of Escherichia coli.
Campbell A, Chang R, Barker D, Ketner G. ( 6991489 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MKDNTVPLKL IALLANGEFH SGEQLGETLG MSRAAINKHI QTLRDWGVDV FTVPGKGYSL PEPIQLLNAK 
0071 QILGQLDGGS VAVLPVIDST NQYLLDRIGE LKSGDACIAE YQQAGRGRRG RKWFSPFGAN LYLSMFWRLE 
0141 QGPAAAIGLS LVIGIVMAEV LRKLGADKVR VKWPNDLYLQ DRKLAGILVE LTGKTGDAAQ IVIGAGINMA 
0211 MRRVEESVVN QGWITLQEAG INLDRNTLAA MLIRELRAAL ELFEQEGLAP YLSRWEKLDN FINRPVKLII 
0281 GDKEIFGISR GIDKQGALLL EQDGIIKPWM GGEISLRSAE K

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             ATGTAAGACA GAAAGTTGGT GAAAAATTTA 
-070 ATGTCTGGCT TGAGCCTGAA GTCCGCTTTA TTGGTGCATC AGGTGAAGTG AGCGCAGTGG AGACAATTTC 
0001 atgaaggata acaccgtgcc actgaaattg attgccctgt tagcgaacgg tgaatttcac tctggcgagc 
0071 agttgggtga aacgctggga atgagccggg cggctattaa taaacacatt cagacactgc gtgactgggg 
0141 cgttgatgtc tttaccgttc cgggtaaagg atacagcctg cctgagccta tccagttact taatgctaaa 
0211 cagatattgg gtcagctgga tggcggtagt gtagccgtgc tgccagtgat tgactccacg aatcagtacc 
0281 ttcttgatcg tatcggagag cttaaatcgg gcgatgcttg cattgcagaa taccagcagg ctggccgtgg 
0351 tcgccggggt cggaaatggt tttcgccttt tggcgcaaac ttatatttgt cgatgttctg gcgtctggaa 
0421 caaggcccgg cggcggcgat tggtttaagt ctggttatcg gtatcgtgat ggcggaagta ttacgcaagc 
0491 tgggtgcaga taaagttcgt gttaaatggc ctaatgacct ctatctgcag gatcgcaagc tggcaggcat 
0561 tctggtggag ctgactggca aaactggcga tgcggcgcaa atagtcattg gagccgggat caacatggca 
0631 atgcgccgtg ttgaagagag tgtcgttaat caggggtgga tcacgctgca ggaagcgggg atcaatctcg 
0701 atcgtaatac gttggcggcc atgctaatac gtgaattacg tgctgcgttg gaactcttcg aacaagaagg 
0771 attggcacct tatctgtcgc gctgggaaaa gctggataat tttattaatc gcccagtgaa acttatcatt 
0841 ggtgataaag aaatatttgg catttcacgc ggaatagaca aacagggggc tttattactt gagcaggatg 
0911 gaataataaa accctggatg ggcggtgaaa tatccctgcg tagtgcagaa aaataaGAAA GGGGAGTATT 
0981 CGCTCCCCTG CAAATTATTT GCGTAGTCTG ACCTCTTCTA CCGCATGATT AGCACTTTTC GTCAGGATTA 
1051 AACTGGCGCG CTCACG