Identification
Name:Probable nitrite transporter
Synonyms:Not Available
Gene Name:nirC
Enzyme Class:Not Available
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in transporter activity
Specific Function:May act as a nitrite transporter
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
ECMDB02786NitriteMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
cell part
membrane
Function
transporter activity
Process
establishment of localization
transport
Gene Properties
Blattner:b3367
Gene OrientationClockwise
Centisome Percentage:75.33
Left Sequence End3495025
Right Sequence End3495831
Gene Sequence:
>807 bp
ATGAAATTTGTCTCTTTTAATATCAACGGCCTGCGCGCCAGACCTCACCAGCTTGAAGCC
ATCGTCGAAAAGCACCAACCGGATGTGATTGGCCTGCAGGAGACAAAAGTTCATGACGAT
ATGTTTCCGCTCGAAGAGGTGGCGAAGCTCGGCTACAACGTGTTTTATCACGGGCAGAAA
GGCCATTATGGCGTGGCGCTGCTGACCAAAGAGACGCCGATTGCCGTGCGTCGCGGCTTT
CCCGGTGACGACGAAGAGGCGCAGCGGCGGATTATTATGGCGGAAATCCCCTCACTGCTG
GGTAATGTCACCGTGATCAACGGTTACTTCCCGCAGGGTGAAAGCCGCGACCATCCGATA
AAATTCCCGGCAAAAGCGCAGTTTTATCAGAATCTGCAAAACTACCTGGAAACCGAACTC
AAACGTGATAATCCGGTACTGATTATGGGCGATATGAATATCAGCCCTACAGATCTGGAT
ATCGGCATTGGCGAAGAAAACCGTAAGCGCTGGCTGCGTACCGGTAAATGCTCTTTCCTG
CCGGAAGAGCGCGAATGGATGGACAGGCTGATGAGCTGGGGGTTGGTCGATACCTTCCGC
CATGCGAATCCGCAAACAGCAGATCGTTTCTCATGGTTTGATTACCGCTCAAAAGGTTTT
GACGATAACCGTGGTCTGCGCATCGACCTGCTGCTCGCCAGCCAACCGCTGGCAGAATGT
TGCGTAGAAACCGGCATCGACTATGAAATCCGCAGCATGGAAAAACCGTCCGATCACGCC
CCCGTCTGGGCGACCTTCCGCCGCTAA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:268
Protein Molecular Weight:28562
Protein Theoretical pI:9
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • 30-46
  • 59-75
  • 108-125
  • 154-172
  • 180-195
  • 231-250
Protein Sequence:
>Probable nitrite transporter
MFTDTINKCAANAARIARLSANNPLGFWVSSAMAGAYVGLGIILIFTLGNLLDPSVRPLV
MGATFGIALTLVIIAGSELFTGHTMFLTFGVKAGSISHGQMWAILPQTWLGNLVGSVFVA
MLYSWGGGSLLPVDTSIVHSVALAKTTAPAMVLFFKGALCNWLVCLAIWMALRTEGAAKF
IAIWWCLLAFIASGYEHSIANMTLFALSWFGNHSEAYTLAGIGHNLLWVTLGNTLSGAVF
MGLGYWYATPKANRPVADKFNQTETAAG
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P0AC26
Uniprot Name:NIRC_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:1742858
Ecogene ID:EG10654
Ecocyc:EG10654
ColiBase:b3367
Kegg Gene:b3367
EchoBASE ID:EB0648
CCDB:NIRC_ECOLI
BacMap:90111575
General Reference:
  • Bell, A. I., Gaston, K. L., Cole, J. A., Busby, S. J. (1989). "Cloning of binding sequences for the Escherichia coli transcription activators, FNR and CRP: location of bases involved in discrimination between FNR and CRP." Nucleic Acids Res 17:3865-3874. Pubmed: 2543955
  • 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
  • Peakman, T., Crouzet, J., Mayaux, J. F., Busby, S., Mohan, S., Harborne, N., Wootton, J., Nicolson, R., Cole, J. (1990). "Nucleotide sequence, organisation and structural analysis of the products of genes in the nirB-cysG region of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome." Eur J Biochem 191:315-323. Pubmed: 2200672