Reviewed, UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Q4UNC8 (ALR_RICFE)

Names and origin

Protein names

Recommended name:
    Alanine racemase
    EC=5.1.1.1

Gene names

Name:	alr
Ordered Locus Names:	RF_0079

Organism

Rickettsia felis (Rickettsia azadi) [Complete proteome] [HAMAP]

Taxonomic identifier

42862 [NCBI]

Taxonomic lineage

Bacteria › Proteobacteria › Alphaproteobacteria › Rickettsiales › Rickettsiaceae › Rickettsieae › Rickettsia › spotted fever group

Protein attributes

Sequence length	462 AA.
Sequence status	Complete.
Sequence processing	The displayed sequence is not processed.
Protein existence	Inferred from homology.

General annotation (Comments)

Function	Provides the D-alanine required for cell wall biosynthesis By similarity.
Catalytic activity	L-alanine = D-alanine. HAMAP MF_01201
Cofactor	Pyridoxal phosphate By similarity.
Pathway	Amino-acid biosynthesis; D-alanine biosynthesis; D-alanine from L-alanine: step 1/1. HAMAP MF_01201 Cell wall biogenesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis. HAMAP MF_01201
Sequence similarities	Belongs to the alanine racemase family. Contains 1 RPE1 insert domain.

Ontologies

Keywords
Biological process	Cell shape Cell wall biogenesis/degradation Peptidoglycan synthesis
Ligand	Pyridoxal phosphate
Molecular function	Isomerase
Technical term	Complete proteome
Gene Ontology (GO)
Biological process	alanine metabolic process Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP peptidoglycan biosynthetic process Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP regulation of cell shape Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: UniProtKB-KW
Molecular function	alanine racemase activity Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP pyridoxal phosphate binding Inferred from electronic annotation. Source: HAMAP
Complete GO annotation...

Sequence annotation (Features)

	Feature key	Position(s)	Length	Description	Graphical view	Feature identifier
Molecule processing
	Chain	1 – 462	462	Alanine racemase HAMAP MF_01201		PRO_0000272405
Regions
	Domain	286 – 332	47	RPE1 insert
	Region	73 – 132	60	Unknown insert HAMAP MF_01201
Sites
	Active site	34	1	Proton acceptor; specific for D-alanine By similarity
	Active site	357	1	Proton acceptor; specific for L-alanine By similarity
	Binding site	34	1	Pyridoxal phosphate (covalent) By similarity

Sequences

	Sequence		Length	Mass (Da)
	Q4UNC8-1 [UniParc]. Last modified July 5, 2005. Version 1. Checksum: B1739EA66F516316	FASTA	462	51,764
	10 20 30 40 50 60 MSLCTLEINL SAIKNNYLLL QDICKTSLVG AAVKANGYGL GAVQISKALI EENCRHFFVA 70 80 90 100 110 120 SSEEGVNLRK ALASWHESVF RHCEKNYTVI RRSNPVKNSV SQNFFNYFSG LQQCFAPRND 130 140 150 160 170 180 GSSIHATTPK ALDNDVNILV LNGVFEHDAL ELIEYNLTPV LNNLKQIEIW QKFSNLKNRL 190 200 210 220 230 240 LPCYLHFNTG INRLGLTHNE IEQLINNRDL LKGLDLQYII SHLAVSEEID NPYNLEQLNR 250 260 270 280 290 300 FKTYLQYFPN VKASLANSGG IFLGQDYHFD LARPGAALYG LNPVIDLSNN LSYKEEFEGD 310 320 330 340 350 360 TERRTAAYIN VREDSSTGST YKLPLEGGYS RGLQNPVTLK APIIHLQNLT LDSHIGYNMT 370 380 390 400 410 420 FTTERDSVIA TLPLGYADGF SRNFSNQGEV FINGRSVPIV GRISMDLINI DVTDLPPLDI 430 440 450 460 FLGQEAEIIG NYCTPDKIAS IIGTIGYEVL TSLGSRYKRI YK

References

[1]

"The genome sequence of Rickettsia felis identifies the first putative conjugative plasmid in an obligate intracellular parasite." Ogata H., Renesto P., Audic S., Robert C., Blanc G., Fournier P.-E., Parinello H., Claverie J.-M., Raoult D. PLoS Biol. 3:1-12(2005) [PubMed: 15984913] [Abstract] Cited for: NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. Strain: ATCC VR-1525 / URRWXCal2.

Cross-references

Sequence databases
EMBLGenBankDDBJ	CP000053 Genomic DNA. Translation: AAY60930.1.
RefSeq	YP_246095.1.
3D structure databases
ModBase	Search...
Genome annotation databases
GeneID	3400309.
GenomeReviews	Gene locus RF_0079 in contig CP000053_GR.
KEGG	rfe:RF_0079.
NMPDR	fig|315456.3.peg.598.
Organism-specific databases
CMR	Search...
Phylogenomic databases
HOGENOM	Q4UNC8.
Enzyme and pathway databases
BioCyc	RFEL315456:RF_0079-MON.
Family and domain databases
HAMAP	MF_01201. Divergent sequence. [Tree]
InterPro	IPR011079. Ala_racemase_C. IPR001608. Ala_racemase_N. IPR000821. Ala_racemase_reg. IPR005728. Rickett_RPE. [Graphical view]
Pfam	PF00842. Ala_racemase_C. 1 hit. PF01168. Ala_racemase_N. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
TIGRFAMs	TIGR00492. alr. 1 hit. TIGR01045. RPE. 1 hit.
PROSITE	PS00395. ALANINE_RACEMASE. 1 hit. [Graphical view]
ProtoNet	Search...

Entry information

Entry name

ALR_RICFE

Accession

Primary (citable) accession number: Q4UNC8

Entry history

Integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot:	January 23, 2007
Last sequence update:	July 5, 2005
Last modified:	November 4, 2008
This is version 27 of the entry and version 1 of the sequence. [Complete history]

Entry status

Reviewed (UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot)

Annotation project

HAMAP (High-quality Automated and Manual Annotation of microbial Proteomes)