Identification
Name:Anaerobic C4-dicarboxylate transporter dcuC
Synonyms:Not Available
Gene Name:dcuC
Enzyme Class:Not Available
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in C4-dicarboxylate transmembrane transporter activity
Specific Function:Responsible for the transport of C4-dicarboxylates during anaerobic growth
Cellular Location:Cell inner membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein
SMPDB Pathways:Not Available
KEGG Pathways:Not Available
Transports:
Transport References:
  • Orth, J. D., Conrad, T. M., Na, J., Lerman, J. A., Nam, H., Feist, A. M., Palsson, B. O. (2011). "A comprehensive genome-scale reconstruction of Escherichia coli metabolism--2011." Mol Syst Biol 7:535. Pubmed: 21988831
  • Uniprot Consortium (2012). "Reorganizing the protein space at the Universal Protein Resource (UniProt)." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D71-D75. Pubmed: 22102590
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB00176Fumaric acidMetaboCard
ECMDB21225Hydrogen ionMetaboCard
ECMDB00191L-Aspartic acidMetaboCard
ECMDB00156L-Malic acidMetaboCard
ECMDB00254Succinic acidMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
cell part
integral to membrane
intrinsic to membrane
membrane part
Function
C4-dicarboxylate transmembrane transporter activity
carboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity
dicarboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity
organic acid transmembrane transporter activity
substrate-specific transmembrane transporter activity
transmembrane transporter activity
transporter activity
Process
C4-dicarboxylate transport
carboxylic acid transport
dicarboxylic acid transport
establishment of localization
organic acid transport
transport
Gene Properties
Blattner:b0621
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:14.09
Left Sequence End653806
Right Sequence End655191
Gene Sequence:
>1386 bp
ATGCTAAAAATCTTCAATACTCTGACACGCCAAAAAGAGGAATTTAAGCCTATTCACGCC
GGGGAAGTCGGCATGTACGTGTGTGGAATCACCGTTTACGATCTCTGTCATATCGGTCAC
GGGCGTACCTTTGTTGCTTTTGACGTGGTTGCGCGCTATCTGCGTTTCCTCGGCTATAAA
CTGAAGTATGTGCGCAACATTACCGATATCGACGACAAAATCATCAAACGCGCCAATGAA
AATGGCGAAAGCTTTGTGGCGATGGTGGATCGCATGATCGCCGAAATGCACAAAGATTTT
GATGCTTTGAACATTCTGCGCCCGGATATGGAGCCGCGCGCGACGCACCATATCGCAGAA
ATTATTGAACTCACTGAACAACTGATCGCCAAAGGTCACGCTTATGTGGCGGACAACGGC
GACGTGATGTTCGACGTCCCGACCGATCCAACTTATGGCGTGCTGTCGCGTCAGGATCTC
GACCAGCTGCAGGCAGGCGCGCGCGTTGACGTGGTCGACGACAAACGCAACCCAATGGAC
TTCGTTCTGTGGAAGATGTCGAAAGAGGGCGAACCGAGCTGGCCGTCTCCGTGGGGCGCG
GGTCGTCCTGGCTGGCACATTGAATGTTCGGCAATGAACTGCAAGCAGCTGGGTAACCAC
TTTGATATCCACGGCGGCGGTTCAGACCTGATGTTCCCGCACCACGAAAACGAAATCGCG
CAGTCCACCTGTGCCCATGATGGTCAGTATGTGAACTACTGGATGCACTCGGGGATGGTG
ATGGTTGACCGCGAGAAGATGTCCAAATCGCTGGGTAACTTCTTTACCGTGCGCGATGTG
CTGAAATACTACGACGCGGAAACCGTGCGTTACTTCCTGATGTCGGGCCACTATCGCAGC
CAGTTGAACTACAGCGAAGAGAACCTGAAGCAGGCGCGTGCGGCGCTGGAGCGTCTCTAC
ACTGCGCTGCGCGGCACAGATAAAACCGTTGCGCCTGCCGGTGGCGAAGCGTTTGAAGCG
CGCTTTATTGAAGCGATGGACGACGATTTCAACACCCCGGAAGCCTATTCCGTACTGTTT
GATATGGCGCGTGAAGTAAACCGTCTGAAAGCAGAAGATATGGCAGCGGCGAATGCAATG
GCATCTCACCTGCGTAAACTTTCCGCTGTATTGGGCCTGCTGGAGCAAGAACCGGAAGCG
TTCCTGCAAAGCGGCGCGCAGGCAGACGACAGCGAAGTGGCTGAGATTGAAGCGTTAATT
CAACAGCGTCTGGATGCCCGTAAAGCGAAAGACTGGGCGGCGGCGGATGCGGCGCGTGAT
CGTCTTAACGAGATGGGGATCGTGCTGGAAGATGGCCCGCAAGGGACCACCTGGCGTCGT
AAGTAA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:461
Protein Molecular Weight:48412
Protein Theoretical pI:8
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • 2-22
  • 26-46
  • 79-99
  • 116-136
  • 137-157
  • 164-184
  • 199-219
  • 240-260
  • 267-287
  • 313-333
  • 343-363
  • 436-456
Protein Sequence:
>Anaerobic C4-dicarboxylate transporter dcuC
MLTFIELLIGVVVIVGVARYIIKGYSATGVLFVGGLLLLIISAIMGHKVLPSSQASTGYS
ATDIVEYVKILLMSRGGDLGMMIMMLCGFAAYMTHIGANDMVVKLASKPLQYINSPYLLM
IAAYFVACLMSLAVSSATGLGVLLMATLFPVMVNVGISRGAAAAICASPAAIILAPTSGD
VVLAAQASEMSLIDFAFKTTLPISIAAIIGMAIAHFFWQRYLDKKEHISHEMLDVSEITT
TAPAFYAILPFTPIIGVLIFDGKWGPQLHIITILVICMLIASILEFLRSFNTQKVFSGLE
VAYRGMADAFANVVMLLVAAGVFAQGLSTIGFIQSLISIATSFGSASIILMLVLVILTML
AAVTTGSGNAPFYAFVEMIPKLAHSSGINPAYLTIPMLQASNLGRTLSPVSGVVVAVAGM
AKISPFEVVKRTSVPVLVGLVIVIVATELMVPGTAAAVTGK
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P0ABP3
Uniprot Name:DCUC_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674663
Ecogene ID:EG13545
Ecocyc:EG13545
ColiBase:b0621
Kegg Gene:b0621
CCDB:DCUC_ECOLI
BacMap:16128604
General Reference:
  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Daley, D. O., Rapp, M., Granseth, E., Melen, K., Drew, D., von Heijne, G. (2005). "Global topology analysis of the Escherichia coli inner membrane proteome." Science 308:1321-1323. Pubmed: 15919996
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Oshima, T., Aiba, H., Baba, T., Fujita, K., Hayashi, K., Honjo, A., Ikemoto, K., Inada, T., Itoh, T., Kajihara, M., Kanai, K., Kashimoto, K., Kimura, S., Kitagawa, M., Makino, K., Masuda, S., Miki, T., Mizobuchi, K., Mori, H., Motomura, K., Nakamura, Y., Nashimoto, H., Nishio, Y., Saito, N., Horiuchi, T., et, a. l. .. (1996). "A 718-kb DNA sequence of the Escherichia coli K-12 genome corresponding to the 12.7-28.0 min region on the linkage map." DNA Res 3:137-155. Pubmed: 8905232
  • Zientz, E., Janausch, I. G., Six, S., Unden, G. (1999). "Functioning of DcuC as the C4-dicarboxylate carrier during glucose fermentation by Escherichia coli." J Bacteriol 181:3716-3720. Pubmed: 10368146
  • Zientz, E., Six, S., Unden, G. (1996). "Identification of a third secondary carrier (DcuC) for anaerobic C4-dicarboxylate transport in Escherichia coli: roles of the three Dcu carriers in uptake and exchange." J Bacteriol 178:7241-7247. Pubmed: 8955408