Protein Family Models

This family includes proteins containing domains which bind to iron-sulfur clusters. Members include bacterial ferredoxins, various dehydrogenases, and various reductases. The structure of the domain is an alpha-antiparallel beta sandwich. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-08-14

Radical SAM proteins catalyse diverse reactions, including unusual methylations, isomerisation, sulphur insertion, ring formation, anaerobic oxidation and protein radical formation. [1]. 11222759. Radical SAM, a novel protein superfamily linking unresolved steps in familiar biosynthetic pathways with radical mechanisms: functional characterization using new analysis and information visualization methods. Sofia HJ, Chen G, Hetzler BG, Reyes-Spindola JF, Miller NE;. Nucleic Acids Res 2001;29:1097-1106. [2]. 17335281. Anaerobic sulfatase-maturating enzymes: radical SAM enzymes able to catalyze in vitro sulfatase post-translational modification. Benjdia A, Leprince J, Guillot A, Vaudry H, Rabot S, Berteau O;. J Am Chem Soc. 2007;129:3462-3463. [3]. 16766528. A new type of bacterial sulfatase reveals a novel maturation pathway in prokaryotes. Berteau O, Guillot A, Benjdia A, Rabot S;. J Biol Chem. 2006;281:22464-22470. (from Pfam)

Date:

2024-10-16

EF-P beta-lysylation protein EpmB is a KamA family radical SAM protein that, together with EpmA, is involved in the beta-lysylation step of the post-translational modification of translation elongation factor P (EF-P) on 'Lys-34'; displays lysine 2,3-aminomutase activity, producing (R)-beta-lysine from (S)-alpha-lysine (L-lysine)

Date:

2019-05-20

Members of this radical SAM protein subfamily, including yjeK in E. coli, form a distinctive clade, homologous to lysine-2,3-aminomutase of Bacillus, Clostridium, and methanogenic archaea. Members of this family are found in E. coli, Buchnera, Yersinia, etc. The gene symbol is now reassigned as EpmB (Elongation factor P Modification B).

Gene:

epmB

Date:

2024-10-21

This HMM represents essentially the whole of E. coli YjeK and of some of its apparent orthologs. YodO in Bacillus subtilis, a family member which is longer protein by an additional 100 residues, is characterized as a lysine 2,3-aminomutase with iron, sulphide and pyridoxal 5'-phosphate groups. The homolog MJ0634 from M. jannaschii is preceded by nearly 200 C-terminal residues. This family shows similarity to molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein MoaA and related proteins. Note that the E. coli homolog was expressed in E. coli and purified and found not to display display lysine 2,3-aminomutase activity. Active site residues are found in 100 residue extension in B. subtilis. Name changed to KamA family protein.

Date:

2021-05-12