Identification
Name:Uracil permease
Synonyms:
  • Uracil transporter
Gene Name:uraA
Enzyme Class:Not Available
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in transporter activity
Specific Function:Transport of uracil in the cell
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
ECMDB21225Hydrogen ionMetaboCard
ECMDB00300UracilMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
cell part
membrane
Function
transporter activity
Process
establishment of localization
transmembrane transport
transport
Gene Properties
Blattner:b2497
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:56.40
Left Sequence End2616893
Right Sequence End2618182
Gene Sequence:
>1290 bp
ATGTCGGATGACAAATTTGATGCCATTGTGGTCGGTGCGGGCGTTGCTGGTAGCGTTGCC
GCACTGGTCATGGCACGAGCCGGGCTGGATGTCCTGGTGATAGAACGCGGCGACAGTGCC
GGATGTAAAAACATGACCGGCGGGCGTCTTTATGCCCACACACTTGAAGCAATCATTCCA
GGCTTTGCAGTATCAGCGCCGGTAGAACGCAAGGTCACACGCGAGAAAATCTCCTTCTTA
ACCGAAGAAAGCGCCGTTACCCTCGATTTTCACCGCGAGCAGCCAGATGTTCCGCAACAC
GCATCTTATACCGTATTGCGTAATCGTCTGGACCCGTGGTTGATGGAACAAGCCGAGCAG
GCGGGCGCGCAGTTTATCCCAGGCGTTCGCGTCGACGCGCTGGTTCGTGAAGGAAACAAG
GTCACTGGCGTGCAGGCTGGGGATGATATTCTCGAAGCGAATGTGGTGATTCTGGCTGAT
GGCGTTAACTCGATGCTTGGCCGCTCGCTGGGAATGGTTCCCGCTTCCGATCCGCATCAT
TACGCTGTTGGTGTTAAAGAGGTTATTGGCCTCACACCAGAACAGATCAACGATCGCTTT
AATATTACGGGCGAGGAAGGTGCCGCCTGGCTGTTTGCCGGTTCCCCTTCTGACGGCCTG
ATGGGCGGGGGATTTCTCTATACCAACAAGGATTCCATATCCTTGGGGCTGGTTTGTGGA
TTGGGTGATATCGCCCATGCGCAAAAAAGCGTGCCGCAAATGCTGGAAGATTTTAAACAA
CACCCCGCCATTCGCCCGCTGATTAGCGGCGGCAAACTGCTTGAATATTCCGCGCATATG
GTGCCGGAAGGCGGTCTGGCAATGGTGCCGCAACTGGTTAACGAGGGCGTGATGATCGTT
GGTGACGCCGCAGGCTTCTGCCTGAATTTGGGTTTTACGGTCCGCGGCATGGATTTAGCC
ATTGCATCGGCTCAGGCTGCCGCCACAACGGTGATCGCCGCCAAAGAACGCGCGGATTTC
TCCGCCAGCAGTCTGGCGCAATACAAACGTGAGCTGGAACAAAGCTGCGTCATGCGTGAT
ATGCAGCATTTTCGCAAGATCCCGGCGCTGATGGAAAACCCGCGCCTGTTTAGCCAATAC
CCACGAATGGTAGCCGACATCATGAACGAGATGTTCACCATCGACGGCAAACCAAACCAG
CCGGTACGAAAAATGATCATGGGACATGCGAAGAAAATTGGGCTGATCAACTTGCTGAAA
GATGGCATTAAGGGAGCAACCGCGCTATGA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:429
Protein Molecular Weight:45060
Protein Theoretical pI:8
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • 29-49
  • 65-85
  • 88-108
  • 127-147
  • 159-179
  • 182-202
  • 228-248
  • 300-320
  • 325-345
  • 366-386
  • 392-412
Protein Sequence:
>Uracil permease
MTRRAIGVSERPPLLQTIPLSLQHLFAMFGATVLVPVLFHINPATVLLFNGIGTLLYLFI
CKGKIPAYLGSSFAFISPVLLLLPLGYEVALGGFIMCGVLFCLVSFIVKKAGTGWLDVLF
PPAAMGAIVAVIGLELAGVAAGMAGLLPAEGQTPDSKTIIISITTLAVTVLGSVLFRGFL
AIIPILIGVLVGYALSFAMGIVDTTPIINAHWFALPTLYTPRFEWFAILTILPAALVVIA
EHVGHLVVTANIVKKDLLRDPGLHRSMFANGLSTVISGFFGSTPNTTYGENIGVMAITRV
YSTWVIGGAAIFAILLSCVGKLAAAIQMIPLPVMGGVSLLLYGVIGASGIRVLIESKVDY
NKAQNLILTSVILIIGVSGAKVNIGAAELKGMALATIVGIGLSLIFKLISVLRPEEVVLD
AEDADITDK
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P0AGM7
Uniprot Name:URAA_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:1742778
Ecogene ID:EG12129
Ecocyc:EG12129
ColiBase:b2497
Kegg Gene:b2497
CCDB:URAA_ECOLI
BacMap:16130422
General Reference:
  • Andersen, P. S., Frees, D., Fast, R., Mygind, B. (1995). "Uracil uptake in Escherichia coli K-12: isolation of uraA mutants and cloning of the gene." J Bacteriol 177:2008-2013. Pubmed: 7721693
  • 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
  • Yamamoto, Y., Aiba, H., Baba, T., Hayashi, K., Inada, T., Isono, K., Itoh, T., Kimura, S., Kitagawa, M., Makino, K., Miki, T., Mitsuhashi, N., Mizobuchi, K., Mori, H., Nakade, S., Nakamura, Y., Nashimoto, H., Oshima, T., Oyama, S., Saito, N., Sampei, G., Satoh, Y., Sivasundaram, S., Tagami, H., Horiuchi, T., et, a. l. .. (1997). "Construction of a contiguous 874-kb sequence of the Escherichia coli -K12 genome corresponding to 50.0-68.8 min on the linkage map and analysis of its sequence features." DNA Res 4:91-113. Pubmed: 9205837