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Mja RtcB (Mja Hyp-2) Intein
Intein Name Mja RtcB (Mja Hyp-2)
Prototype Allele Mja RtcB
Extein Name RNA terminal phosphate cyclase operon orfB
Intein Class Theoretical
Organism Name Methanococcus jannaschii (Methanocaldococcus jannaschii DSM 2661)
Organism Description Thermophile, DSM 2661, taxon:2190
Domain of Life Archaea
Endonuclease Activity
Endo Motif DOD
Location in Extein N97
Insert Site Comments rtcB-a
Intein Size (aa) 488
Intein N-terminal SPGGVGFDIN/C
Intein C-terminal HN/CGVRLIRTNL
Accession No. Q58095 in NCBI/protein, MJ0682
Intein aa Sequence >gi|2501617|sp|Q58095| Mja RtcB (Mja Hyp-2) intein (including -1 and +1 extein residues)
NCLTSNSKILTDDGYYIKLEKLKEKLDLHIKIYNTEEGEKSSNILFVSERYADEKIIRIKTESGRVLEGS
KDHPVLTLNGYVPMGMLKEGDDVIVYPYEGVEYEEPSDEIILDEDDFAEYDKQIIKYLKDRGLLPLRMDN
KNIGIIARLLGFAFGDGSIVKENGDRERLYVAFYGKRETLIKIREDLEKLGIKASRIYSRKREVEIRNAY
GDEYTSLCEDNSIKITSKAFALFMHKLGMPIGKKTEQIYKIPEWIKKAPKWVKRNFLAGLFGADGSRAVF
KNYTPLPINLTMSKSEELKENILEFLNEIKLLLAEFDIESMIYEIKSLDGRVSYRLAIVGEESIKNFLGR
INYEYSGEKKVIGLLAYEYLRRKDIAKEIRKKCIKRAKELYKKGVTVSEMLKMDEFRNEFISKRLIERAV
YENLDEDDVRISTKFPKFEEFIEKYGVIGGFVIDKIKEIEEISYDSKLYDVGIVSKEHNFIANSIVVHNC
Block A CLTSNSKILTDDG 13
Block B GRVLEGSKDHPVLT 76
Block C LLGFAFGDG 156
Block D IYKIPEWI 254
Block E FLAGLFGADG 274
Block H ENILEFLNEIKLLLAEFDI 317
Block F KLYDVGI*VSKEHNFI 480
Block G NSIVVHNC 489
Initially Contributed by Fran Perler
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Comments Formally called Hyp-2 intein. In E.coli this gene is in an operon with rtcA - an RNA 3'-terminal phosphate cyclase - and rtcR the sigma-54 regulator of rtcA and rtcB (Pietrokovski, Genschik 98).
Date Submitted
References Bult 1996
Genschik 1997
Genschik 1998

Last database update: 11/05/10

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