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methylglyoxal synthase [Shigella flexneri].


LOCUS       WP_000275684             155 aa            linear   BCT 07-OCT-2019
ACCESSION   WP_000275684
VERSION     WP_000275684.1
KEYWORDS    RefSeq.
SOURCE      Shigella flexneri
  ORGANISM  Shigella flexneri
            Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria;
            Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Shigella.
REFERENCE   1  (residues 1 to 155)
  AUTHORS   Totemeyer,S., Booth,N.A., Nichols,W.W., Dunbar,B. and Booth,I.R.
  TITLE     From famine to feast: the role of methylglyoxal production in
            Escherichia coli
  JOURNAL   Mol. Microbiol. 27 (3), 553-562 (1998)
   PUBMED   9489667
COMMENT     REFSEQ: This record represents a single, non-redundant, protein
            sequence which may be annotated on many different RefSeq genomes
            from the same, or different, species.
            
            ##Evidence-For-Name-Assignment-START##
            Evidence Category  :: HMM
            Evidence Accession :: TIGR00160.1
            Evidence Source    :: JCVI
            ##Evidence-For-Name-Assignment-END##
            COMPLETENESS: full length.
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..155
                     /organism="Shigella flexneri"
                     /db_xref="taxon:623"
     gene            1..155
                     /gene="mgsA"
     Protein         1..155
                     /product="methylglyoxal synthase"
                     /EC_number="4.2.3.3"
                     /GO_function="GO:0008929 - methylglyoxal synthase activity
                     [Evidence IEA]"
                     /GO_process="GO:0006007 - glucose catabolic process
                     [Evidence IEA]"
                     /GO_process="GO:0019242 - methylglyoxal biosynthetic
                     process [Evidence IEA]"
                     /calculated_mol_wt=17195
     Region          11..151
                     /region_name="mgsA"
                     /note="methylglyoxal synthase; Validated; PRK05234"
                     /db_xref="CDD:179969"
     Site            order(20,26,48,50..51,68..69,74,101)
                     /site_type="active"
                     /db_xref="CDD:238710"
     Site            order(23,50,67..68,70..71,75..76,82,95,104,107,110..112,
                     114..119,122..125,128)
                     /site_type="other"
                     /note="dimer interfaces [polypeptide binding]"
                     /db_xref="CDD:238710"
     Site            order(74,101)
                     /site_type="active"
                     /note="catalytic residues [active]"
                     /db_xref="CDD:238710"
ORIGIN      
        1 myimelttrt lparkhialv ahdhckqmlm swverhqpll eqhvlyatgt tgnlisratg
       61 mnvnamlsgp mggdqqvgal isegkidvli ffwdplnavp hdpdvkallr latvwnipva
      121 tnvatadfii qsphfndavd ilipdyqryl adrlk