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Gene Report : hemE
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class non-essential
     References (PMID)
Escherichia coli and Salmonella, Cellular and Molecular Biology Second Edition. ASM Press. 1996
Neidhart, F.C.
     Deletion OCR10,11-16 (BK5-16 / AK7-16) (D)  ,  OCR11 (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  hemE
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  hemE   Search strains by all related name:  hemE b3997 ECK3989 hemC JW3961

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name hemE  
 Alternative name b3997,ECK3989,hemC,JW3961  
 Location, Length 4,195,739 - 4,196,803 (  +  ) ;   90.43 min ; 1065 (bp) ,   354 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase  
 Operon Name nudC-hemE-nfi  
 Note  
 Function enzyme; Biosynthesis of cofactors, carriers: Heme, porphyrin  
 Gene Ontology GO:0004418 ; hydroxymethylbilane synthase activity ( hemC )
GO:0004853 ; uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity ( hemE )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( hemE )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( hemE )
GO:0006779 ; porphyrin biosynthetic process ( hemC )
GO:0006779 ; porphyrin biosynthetic process ( hemE )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( hemC )
GO:0016829 ; lyase activity ( hemE )
GO:0016831 ; carboxy-lyase activity ( hemE )
GO:0033014 ; tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process ( hemC )
 PID 2367337  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
4.1.1.37  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) DCUP_ECOLI ( P29680 ; P78135 )
    -  Protein name Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase  
    -  Synonyms EC 4.1.1.37, URO-D, UPD  
    -  Gene name Name=hemE; OrderedLocusNames=b3997;  

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View Location
   4185.0  –  4210.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP hemE (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )   hemC (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase  
         PSI-BLAST Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    UROD_1    UROD_2     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0407H 
    EcoCyc hemE 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1993;175(23):7749-50.
Location of the hemE gene on the physical map of Escherichia coli.
Ineichen G, Biel AJ. ( 8244953 )
Gene. 1993;133(1):109-13.
Cloning and sequencing of the hemE gene encoding uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase (UPD) from Escherichia coli K-12.
Nishimura K, Nakayashiki T, Inokuchi H. ( 8224882 )
J Bacteriol. 1975;124(3):1205-12.
Uroporphyrin-accumulating mutant of Escherichia coli K-12.
Sasarman A, Chartrand P, Proschek R, Desrochers M, Tardif D, Lapointe C. ( 1104578 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MTELKNDRYL RALLRQPVDV TPVWMMRQAG RYLPEYKATR AQAGDFMSLC KNAELACEVT LQPLRRYPLD 
0071 AAILFSDILT VPDAMGLGLY FEAGEGPRFT SPVTCKADVD KLPIPDPEDE LGYVMNAVRT IRRELKGEVP 
0141 LIGFSGSPWT LATYMVEGGS SKAFTVIKKM MYADPQALHA LLDKLAKSVT LYLNAQIKAG AQAVMIFDTW 
0211 GGVLTGRDYQ QFSLYYMHKI VDGLLRENDG RRVPVTLFTK GGGQWLEAMA ETGCDALGLD WTTDIADARR 
0281 RVGNKVALQG NMDPSMLYAP PARIEEEVAT ILAGFGHGEG HVFNLGHGIH QDVPPEHAGV FVEAVHRLSE 
0351 QYHR

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             CACCGTAGCG CGCCGTCTGA TAGAAGATAC 
-070 GGTGGCGATG TGTCGGGCAG AGTATGAGTG ATGATACACT GACCGCCTGA CGCACTAAGG AACAGCCAAA 
0001 atgaccgaac ttaaaaacga tcgttatctg cgggcgctgc tgcgccagcc cgttgatgtc actccagtat 
0071 ggatgatgcg ccaggcgggt cgctatctac cggaatataa agccacgcgc gcccaggcag gcgattttat 
0141 gtcgctgtgc aaaaacgccg agctggcgtg cgaagtgact ttgcaaccgc tgcgtcgcta cccgctggat 
0211 gcggcgatcc tcttttccga tatcctcacc gtgccggacg cgatggggtt agggctctat tttgaagccg 
0281 gagaaggtcc gcgttttacc tcgccagtca cctgcaaagc tgacgtcgat aaactgccaa ttccggaccc 
0351 ggaagatgaa ctgggttacg tgatgaacgc ggtgcgtacc attcgtcgcg aactgaaagg cgaagtgccg 
0421 ctgattggtt tttccggcag cccgtggacg ctggcgacct acatggtgga aggcggcagc agcaaagcct 
0491 tcaccgtgat caaaaaaatg atgtatgccg atccgcaggc gctgcacgct ctgctcgata aactggcgaa 
0561 aagcgtcact ttgtatctga atgcgcagat taaagccggt gctcaggcag tgatgatttt cgacacctgg 
0631 ggcggcgtgc ttaccgggcg cgattatcaa cagttctcgc tctattacat gcataaaatt gttgatggtt 
0701 tactgcgtga aaacgacggt cgccgcgtac cggtcacgct gtttaccaaa ggcggcggac agtggctgga 
0771 agccatggca gaaaccggtt gcgatgcgct gggcctcgac tggacaacgg acatcgccga tgcgcgccgc 
0841 cgtgtgggca ataaagtcgc gttgcagggt aatatggatc cgtcgatgct gtacgcgccg cctgcccgca 
0911 ttgaagaaga agtagcgact atacttgcag gtttcggtca cggcgaaggt catgtcttta accttggtca 
0981 cggcattcat caggatgtgc cgccagaaca tgctggcgtg ttcgtggagg cagtgcatcg actgtctgaa 
1051 cagtatcacc gctaaGGAGT GATTATGGAT CTCGCGTCAT TACGCGCTCA ACAAATCGAA CTGGCTTCTT 
1121 CTGTGATCCG CGAGGATCGA CTCGATAAAG ATCCACCGGA TCTGA