araB ribulokinase [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655] - Gene

Summary

Official Symbol: araB
Official Full Name: ribulokinase
Primary source: ECOCYC:EG10053
Locus tag: b0063
See related: ASAP:ABE-0000223
Gene type: protein coding
RefSeq status: PROVISIONAL
Organism: Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage: Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as: ECK0064
Summary: Ribulokinase catalyzes the phosphorylation of L-ribulose to L-ribulose-5-phosphate, the second step in the L-arabinose degradation pathway. [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG10053].
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NC_000913.3 Genomic Context describing neighboring genes

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N-terminus verified by Edman degradation on mature peptide
Title: Nucleotide sequence of the 5' end of araBAD operon messenger RNA in Escherichia coli B/r.
We describe Escherichia coli survival following neutrophil phagocytosis among three mutants deleted respectively for araB, dps or oxyR.
Title: Neutrophil microbicidal activity: screening bacterial mutants for survival after phagocytosis using quantitative PCR.

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Products	Interactant	Other Gene	Complex	Source	Pubs	Description

Function	Evidence Code	Pubs
enables ATP binding	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables D-ribulokinase activity	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
enables D-ribulokinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables kinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables phosphotransferase activity, alcohol group as acceptor	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables ribulokinase activity	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
enables ribulokinase activity	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
enables ribulokinase activity	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed

Process	Evidence Code	Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within L-arabinose catabolic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in L-arabinose catabolic process to xylulose 5-phosphate	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within L-arabinose catabolic process to xylulose 5-phosphate	IEP Inferred from Expression Pattern more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within arabinose catabolic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in arabinose catabolic process	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
acts_upstream_of_or_within arabinose catabolic process	IMP Inferred from Mutant Phenotype more info	PubMed
acts_upstream_of_or_within carbohydrate catabolic process	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed
involved_in carbohydrate phosphorylation	IEA Inferred from Electronic Annotation more info
involved_in pentose metabolic process	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info

Component	Evidence Code	Pubs
is_active_in cytoplasm	IBA Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor more info
located_in cytoplasm	IDA Inferred from Direct Assay more info	PubMed

NP_414605.1

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