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Ssp GyrB Intein
Intein Name Ssp GyrB
Prototype Allele Ssp GyrB
Extein Name DNA gyrase subunit B
Intein Class Experimental
Organism Name Synechocystis species, strain PCC6803
Organism Description Cyanobacterium, taxon:1148
Domain of Life Eubacteria
Endonuclease Activity
Endo Motif HNH
Location in Extein G436
Insert Site Comments gyrB-a, Signature for DNA topoisomerase II
Intein Size (aa) 435
Intein N-terminal FIVEGDSAGG/C
Intein C-terminal HN/SAKQGRDRRF
Accession No. P77966 in NCBI/protein, sll2005
Intein aa Sequence >gi|2501296|sp|P77966| Ssp GyrB intein (including -1 and +1 extein residues)
GCFSGDTLVALTDGRSVSFEQLVEEEKQGKQNFCYTIRHDGSIGVEKIINARKTKTNAKVIKVTLDNGES
IICTPDHKFMLRDGSYKCAMDLTLDDSLMPLHRKISTTEDSGITIDGYEMVWSPRSDSWLFTHLVADWYN
RWQGIYIAEEKQHCHHKDFNKRNNNPDNLIRLSPEKHLALHRKHISKTLHRPDVVEKCRRIHQSPEFRRK
MSARMQSPETRAILSKQAQAQWQNETYKLTMMESWRSFYDSNEDYRQQNAEQLNRAQQEYWAQAENRTAQ
AERVRQHFAQNPGLRQQYSENAVKQWNNPELLKWRQKKTKEQWTPEFREKRREALAQTYYRKTLAALKQV
EIENGYLDISAYDSYRISTKDKSLLRFDRFCERYFENDENLAREAVLNYNHRIVNIEAVSETIDVYDIEV
PHTHNFALASGVFVHNS
Block A CFSGDTLVALTDG 13
Block B GESIICTPDHKFML 80
Block C ---------
Block D --------
Block E ----------
Block H HNH FAMILY ENDONUCLEASE
Block F DVYDIEV**PHTHNFA 426
Block G SGVFVHNS 436
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.
Contributor's FAX No.
Contributor's Email address Shmuel.Pietrokovski@weizmann.ac.il
Independently Found By
Comments This intein contains a motif typical to HNH type homing endonucleases instead of the more common DOD type homing endonucleases (Pietrokovski).
Date Submitted 05/16/1997
References Kaneko 1995
Kaneko 1996
Kaneko 1996B
Kaneko 1997
Dalgaard 1997
Pietrokovski 1998
Gorbalenya 1998
Appleby 2009

Last database update: 11/05/10

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