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Aae RIR2 Intein
Intein Name Aae RIR2
Prototype Allele
Extein Name Ribonucleoside- diphosphate reductase, beta subunit
Intein Class Theoretical
Organism Name Aquifex aeolicus strain VF5
Organism Description Thermophilic chemolithoautotroph, taxon:63363
Domain of Life Eubacteria
Endonuclease Activity
Endo Motif DOD
Location in Extein L229
Insert Site Comments RIR2-a, Metal binding site
Intein Size (aa) 346
Intein N-terminal QIKYINRDEL/C
Intein C-terminal GN/CHVTLFRNII
Accession No. AAC07431 in NCBI/protein, aq_1505
Intein aa Sequence >gi|7521621|pir||A70431| Aae RIR2 intein (including -1 and +1 extein residues)
LCFIEGTEVLTKRGFVDFRELREDDLVAQYDIETGEISWTKPYAYVERDYEGSMYRLKHPKSNWEVVATE
GHEFIVRNLKTGKERKEPIEKVKLHPYSAIPVAGRYTGEVEEYDLWELVSGKGITLKTRSAVKNKLTPIE
KLLIVLQADGTIDSKRNGKFTGFQQLKFFFSKYRKINEFEKILNECAPYGIKWKKYERQDGIAYTVYYPN
DLPIKPTKFFDEWVRLDEITEEWIREFVEELVKWDGHIPKDRNKKKVYYYSTKEKRNKDFVQALCALGGM
RTVVSRERNPKAKNPVYRIWIYLEDDYINTQTMVKEEFYYKGKVYCVSVPKGNIVVRYKDSVCIAGNC
Block A CFIEGTEVLTKRG 13
Block B NWEVVATEGHEFIV 75
Block C LLIVLQADG 149
Block D TKFFDEWV 223
Block E FVEELVKWDG 245
Block H STKEKRNKDFVQALCALGG 278
Block F KVYCVSV**PKGNIVV 335
Block G SVCIAGNC 347
Initially Contributed by Shmuel Pietrokovski
Contributor's Address Molecular Genetics Dept.
Weizmann Institute of Science
P.O. Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/~pietro
Contributor's Phone No. 972 (8) 934 2747
Contributor's FAX No. 972 (8) 934 4108
Contributor's Email address Shmuel.Pietrokovski@weizmann.ac.il
Independently Found By
Comments Inteins are known in the alpha subunit of this enzyme from archaea, bacteria, a phage and a virus (Pietrokovski).
Has a Gly instead of His in Block G (Pietrokovski).
gene="nrdF"
Date Submitted 03/27/1998
References Deckert 1998

Last database update: 11/05/10

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