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MULTISPECIES: lauroyl-Kdo(2)-lipid IV(A) myristoyltransferase


LOCUS       WP_004175421             324 aa            linear   BCT 17-JUN-2024
            [Klebsiella].
ACCESSION   WP_004175421
VERSION     WP_004175421.1
KEYWORDS    RefSeq.
SOURCE      Klebsiella
  ORGANISM  Klebsiella
            Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria;
            Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Klebsiella/Raoultella group.
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 :: TIGR02208.1
            Evidence Source    :: JCVI
            ##Evidence-For-Name-Assignment-END##
            COMPLETENESS: full length.
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..324
                     /organism="Klebsiella"
                     /db_xref="taxon:570"
     gene            1..324
                     /gene="lpxM"
                     /gene_synonym="msbB"
     Protein         1..324
                     /product="lauroyl-Kdo(2)-lipid IV(A) myristoyltransferase"
                     /EC_number="2.3.1.243"
                     /GO_component="GO:0009276 - Gram-negative-bacterium-type
                     cell wall [Evidence IEA]"
                     /GO_component="GO:0016020 - membrane [Evidence IEA]"
                     /GO_function="GO:0016747 - acyltransferase activity,
                     transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups [Evidence
                     IEA]"
                     /GO_process="GO:0009103 - lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic
                     process [Evidence IEA]"
                     /note="LpxM is lauroyl-Kdo(2)-lipid IV(A)
                     myristoyltransferase, an enzyme characterized in
                     Escherichia coli and involved in biosynthesis of the form
                     of lipid A found in that species and some closely related
                     species.; LpxM is lauroyl-Kdo(2)-lipid IV(A)
                     myristoyltransferase, an enzyme characterized in
                     Escherichia coli and involved in biosynthesis of the form
                     of lipid A found in that species and some closely related
                     species."
                     /calculated_mol_wt=37323
     Region          1..310
                     /region_name="PRK08943"
                     /note="lipid A biosynthesis (KDO)2-(lauroyl)-lipid IVA
                     acyltransferase; Validated"
                     /db_xref="CDD:236355"
     Site            order(139,142,144,161..164,210..212)
                     /site_type="active"
                     /note="putative acyl-acceptor binding pocket [active]"
                     /db_xref="CDD:153246"
ORIGIN      
        1 metkknnief ipkfeksfll prywgawlgv fafagialtp psfrdpllgk lgrlvgrlak
       61 ssrrraqinl lycfpeksey ereaiidamy asapqamvmm aelglrdpqk ilarvdwqgk
      121 aiidemqrnn ekviflvpha wgvdipamlm asggqkmaam fhnqgnpvfd yvwntvrrrf
      181 ggrmharndg ikpfiqsvrq gywgyylpdq dhgaehsefv dffatykatl paigrlmkvc
      241 rarvvplfpv ydgkthrltv lvrppmddll daddttiarr mneevevfvk phteqytwil
      301 kllktrkpge iepykrkelf pkkk