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3.A.1.17.1
Taurine (2-aminoethane sulfonate) porter

Accession Number:Q47538
Protein Name:TauB aka SSIB aka B0366
Length:255
Molecular Weight:28297.00
Species:Escherichia coli [83333]
Number of TMSs:1
Location1 / Topology2 / Orientation3: Cell inner membrane1 / Peripheral membrane protein2
Substrate taurine

Cross database links:

RefSeq: AP_001017.1    NP_414900.1   
Entrez Gene ID: 945027   
Pfam: PF00005   
BioCyc: EcoCyc:TAUB-MONOMER    ECOL168927:B0366-MONOMER   
KEGG: ecj:JW0358    eco:b0366   

Gene Ontology

GO:0005886 C:plasma membrane
GO:0005524 F:ATP binding
GO:0015411 F:taurine-transporting ATPase activity
GO:0015734 P:taurine transport

References (4)

[1] “Identification of sulfate starvation-regulated genes in Escherichia coli: a gene cluster involved in the utilization of taurine as a sulfur source.”  van der Ploeg J.R.et.al.   8808933
[2] “The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12.”  Blattner F.R.et.al.   9278503
[3] “Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110.”  Hayashi K.et.al.   16738553
[4] “Deletion analysis of the Escherichia coli taurine and alkanesulfonate transport systems.”  Eichhorn E.et.al.   10781534

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FASTA formatted sequence
1:	MLQISHLYAD YGGKPALEDI NLTLESGELL VVLGPSGCGK TTLLNLIAGF VPYQHGSIQL 
61:	AGKRIEGPGA ERGVVFQNEG LLPWRNVQDN VAFGLQLAGI EKMQRLEIAH QMLKKVGLEG 
121:	AEKRYIWQLS GGQRQRVGIA RALAANPQLL LLDEPFGALD AFTRDQMQTL LLKLWQETGK 
181:	QVLLITHDIE EAVFMATELV LLSSGPGRVL ERLPLNFARR FVAGESSRSI KSDPQFIAMR 
241:	EYVLSRVFEQ REAFS