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wecH O-acetyltransferase WecH [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 948077, updated on 19-Sep-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
wecH
Official Full Name
O-acetyltransferase WecH
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG12274
Locus tag
b3561
See related
ASAP:ABE-0011630
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
ECK3550; yiaH
Summary
WecH encodes an O-acetyltransferase which is responsible for the nonstoichiometric addition of O-acetyl groups onto the 6-position of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues of the trisaccharide repeat unit of ECACYC and ECAPG. [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG12274].
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Genomic context

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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (3725887..3726882)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene glycine--tRNA ligase subunit alpha Neighboring gene putative lipoprotein YsaB Neighboring gene PF05360 family inner membrane protein YiaA Neighboring gene PF05360 family inner membrane protein YiaB

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. Inhibiting cell division in Escherichia coli has little if any effect on gene expression. Arends SJ, et al. J Bacteriol, 2004 Feb. PMID 14729718, Free PMC Article
  2. O acetylation of the enterobacterial common antigen polysaccharide is catalyzed by the product of the yiaH gene of Escherichia coli K-12. Kajimura J, et al. J Bacteriol, 2006 Nov. PMID 16936038, Free PMC Article
  3. Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes. Sofia HJ, et al. Nucleic Acids Res, 1994 Jul 11. PMID 8041620, Free PMC Article
  4. Experimentally constrained topology models for 51,208 bacterial inner membrane proteins. Granseth E, et al. J Mol Biol, 2005 Sep 23. PMID 16120447
  5. Global topology analysis of the Escherichia coli inner membrane proteome. Daley DO, et al. Science, 2005 May 27. PMID 15919996

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables O-acetyltransferase activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables O-acetyltransferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables O-acetyltransferase activity IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
enables acetyltransferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables acyltransferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in enterobacterial common antigen biosynthetic process IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in enterobacterial common antigen biosynthetic process IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
acts_upstream_of_or_within enterobacterial common antigen biosynthetic process IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
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
  

General protein information

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Preferred Names
O-acetyltransferase WecH

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    3725887..3726882
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_418018.1 O-acetyltransferase WecH [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_418018.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A6N0IL09
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    COG3274
    Location:1 → 331
    WecH; Surface polysaccharide O-acyltransferase, integral membrane enzyme [Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis]
Nucleotide Protein
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