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Pfu RIR1-1 Intein
Intein Name Pfu RIR1-1
Prototype Allele Pfu RIR1-1
Extein Name Ribonucleoside- diphosphate reductase, alpha subunit
Intein Class Experimental
Organism Name Pyrococcus furiosus
Organism Description Thermophile, taxon:186497, DSM3638
Domain of Life Archaea
Endonuclease Activity PI-PfuI
Endo Motif DOD
Location in Extein G301
Insert Site Comments RIR1-a
Intein Size (aa) 454
Intein N-terminal VAMIQKMGGG/C
Intein C-terminal HN/TGLNFSKLRP
Accession No. AAB36947.1 in NCBI/protein, PF0440
Intein aa Sequence >gi|1688292|gb|AAB36947.1| Pfu RIR1-1 intein (including -1 and +1 extein residues)
GCIDGKAKIIFENEGEEHLTTMEEMYERYKHLGEFYDEEYNRWGIDVSNVPIYVKSFDPESKRVVKGKVN
VIWKYELGKDVTKYEIITNKGTKILTSPWHPFFVLTPDFKIVEKRADELKEGDILIGGMPDGEDYKFIFD
YWLAGFIAGDGCFDKYHSHVKGHEYIYDRLRIYDYRIETFEIINDYLEKTFGRKYSIQKDRNIYYIDIKA
RNITSHYLKLLEGIDNGIPPQILKEGKNAVLSFIAGLFDAEGHVSNKPGIELGMVNKRLIEDVTHYLNAL
GIKARIREKLRKDGIDYVLHVEEYSSLLRFYELIGKNLQNEEKREKLEKVLSNHKGGNFGLPLNFNAFKE
WASEYGVEFKTNGSQTIAIINDERISLGQWHTRNRVSKAVLVKMLRKLYEATKDEEVKRMLHLIEGLEVV
RHITTTNEPRTFYDLTVENYQNYLAGENGMIFVHNT
Block A CIDGKAKIIFENE 13
Block B GTKILTSPWHPFFV 103
Block C LAGFIAGDG 150
Block D DNGIPPQI 231
Block E FIAGLFDAEG 251
Block H MVNKRLIEDVTHYLNALGI 281
Block F TFYDLTV**ENYQNYL 443
Block G GMIFVHNT 455
Initially Contributed by Frank Robb
Contributor's Address Center of Marine Biotechnology
University of Maryland
701 E. Pratt St
Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
Contributor's Phone No. 1-410 234 8803
Contributor's FAX No. 1-410 234 8896
Contributor's Email address robb@umbi.umd.edu
Independently Found By
Comments The Mja RNR inteins are in an anaerobic ribonucleoside-triphosphate reductase extein while the RIR1 inteins are in the alpha subunit of a ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase extein. Endonuclease information from Y. Ishino.
Date Submitted
References Riera 1997
Yamazaki 1998
Maeder 1999
Komori 1999
Komori 1999B
Otomo 1999
Otomo 1999B
Ichiyanagi 2000
Iwai 2001

Last database update: 11/05/10

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