HMM Summary Page: TIGR03014
| Accession | TIGR03014 |
| Name | EpsL |
| Function | exopolysaccharide biosynthesis operon protein EpsL |
| Gene Symbol | epsL |
| Trusted Cutoff | 309.60 |
| Domain Trusted Cutoff | 309.60 |
| Noise Cutoff | 210.75 |
| Domain Noise Cutoff | 210.75 |
| Isology Type | hypoth_equivalog |
| HMM Length | 380 |
| Author | Selengut J |
| Entry Date | Jul 25 2006 9:32AM |
| Last Modified | Feb 14 2011 3:27PM |
| Comment | The epsL gene is described as a component of the methanolan exopolysaccharide biosynthesis operon in Methylobacillus sp strain 12S [1], although no other information regarding its possible function is suggested. Homologs of this gene are found in several other exopolysaccharide operons in a small number of species. These operons contain a subset of the methanolan operon genes by homology and synteny, including the epsH gene which is proposed to act as an "exosortase" directing proteins with a C-terminal tag (PEP-CTERM) to the exopolysaccharide layer [2]. Each of the genomes in which these genes and epsL are found also encode genes with these C-terminal tags. |
| References | RN [1] RM 12624205 RA Yoshida T, Ayabe Y, Yasunaga M, Usami Y, Habe H, Nojiri H, Omori T RT Genes involved in the synthesis of the exopolysaccharide methanolan by the obligate methylotroph Methylobacillus sp strain 12S. RL Microbiology. 2003 Feb;149(Pt 2):431-44. RN [2] RA Haft DH, Paulsen IT, Ward N, Selengut JD RT Exopolysaccharide-associated protein sorting in environmental organisms by the PEP-CTERM/EpsH system: application of a novel phylogenetic profiling heuristic. RL BMC Biol., in press, 2006 |
| Genome Property | GenProp0655: exopolysaccharide biosynthesis, exosortase B-associated (HMM) |