| Accession | TIGR04010 |
| Name | WcaD |
| Function | putative colanic acid polymerase WcaD |
| Gene Symbol | wcaD |
| Trusted Cutoff | 589.65 |
| Domain Trusted Cutoff | 589.65 |
| Noise Cutoff | 485.65 |
| Domain Noise Cutoff | 485.65 |
| Isology Type | equivalog |
| HMM Length | 404 |
| Author | Selengut J |
| Entry Date | Jun 3 2010 11:57AM |
| Last Modified | Feb 14 2011 3:27PM |
| Comment | This membrane protein is believed to function as the colanic acid repeating unit polymerase (in an analagous fashion to wzy proteins in O-antigen polymerization). |
| References | RN [1]
RM PMID:8759852
RT Organization of the Escherichia coli K-12 gene cluster responsible for production of the extracellular polysaccharide colanic acid.
RA Stevenson G, Andrianopoulos K, Hobbs M, Reeves PR
RL J Bacteriol. 1996 Aug;178(16):4885-93. |
| Genome Property | GenProp0931: colanic acid biosynthesis (HMM) |
