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    narU nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

    Gene ID: 945799, updated on 3-Dec-2024

    Summary

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    Official Symbol
    narU
    Official Full Name
    nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU
    Primary source
    ECOCYC:EG12153
    Locus tag
    b1469
    See related
    ASAP:ABE-0004901
    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
    ECK1463; yddF
    Summary
    Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS). [More information is available at EcoGene: EG12153]. NarU and NarK are the two nitrate transporters in Escherichia coli. [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG12153].
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    Genomic context

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    Sequence:
    NC_000913.3 (1542672..1544060, complement)

    NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene nitrate reductase Z subunit gamma Neighboring gene NarW, putative private chaperone for NarZ nitrate reductase subunit Neighboring gene nitrate reductase Z subunit beta Neighboring gene nitrate reductase Z subunit alpha Neighboring gene pseudo Neighboring gene leucine-rich repeat domain-containing protein YddK

    Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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    Genomic Sequence:
    NC_000913.3

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    Bibliography

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    Related articles in PubMed

    1. NarK is a nitrite-extrusion system involved in anaerobic nitrate respiration by Escherichia coli. Rowe JJ, et al. Mol Microbiol, 1994 May. PMID 7934881
    2. Membrane transport proteins: implications of sequence comparisons. Griffith JK, et al. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 1992 Aug. PMID 1419050
    3. Nitrate reductases in Escherichia coli. Bonnefoy V, et al. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 1994. PMID 7747940
    4. Role of the Escherichia coli nitrate transport protein, NarU, in survival during severe nutrient starvation and slow growth. Clegg SJ, et al. Microbiology (Reading), 2006 Jul. PMID 16804183
    5. A single channel for nitrate uptake, nitrite export and nitrite uptake by Escherichia coli NarU and a role for NirC in nitrite export and uptake. Jia W, et al. Biochem J, 2009 Jan 1. PMID 18691156

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    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    Pathways from PubChem

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    General gene information

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    Homology

    Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

    Function Evidence Code Pubs
    enables nitrate transmembrane transporter activity EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    enables nitrate transmembrane transporter activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    enables nitrite efflux transmembrane transporter activity EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    enables nitrite transmembrane transporter activity IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    Process Evidence Code Pubs
    involved_in nitrate assimilation IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    acts_upstream_of_or_within nitrate transmembrane transport EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in nitrate transmembrane transport IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    acts_upstream_of_or_within nitrite transport EXP
    Inferred from Experiment
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    involved_in nitrite transport IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    Component Evidence Code Pubs
    located_in membrane IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    is_active_in plasma membrane IBA
    Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
    more info
    		  
    located_in plasma membrane IDA
    Inferred from Direct Assay
    more info
    		 PubMed 
    located_in plasma membrane IEA
    Inferred from Electronic Annotation
    more info
    		  
    located_in plasma membrane ISM
    Inferred from Sequence Model
    more info
    		 PubMed 

    General protein information

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    Preferred Names
    nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU

    NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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    Genome Annotation

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    Reference assembly

    Genomic

    1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

      Range
      1542672..1544060 complement
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    mRNA and Protein(s)

    1. NP_415986.1 nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

      See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_415986.1

      Status: PROVISIONAL

      UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      A0A3L5H9R0
      Conserved Domains (1) summary
      PRK15034
      Location:1 → 462
      PRK15034; nitrate/nitrite transport protein NarU; Provisional
    Nucleotide Protein
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