U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

dnaK chaperone protein DnaK [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 944750, updated on 4-Feb-2026
Official Symbol
dnaK
Official Full Name
chaperone protein DnaK
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG10241
Locus tag
b0014
See related
ASAP:ABE-0000052
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
REVIEWED
Organism
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as
ECK0014; groPAB; groPC; groPF; grpC; grpF; seg
Summary
ATP-regulated binding and release of polypeptide substrates. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG10241]. Hsc56 exhibits specificity toward Hsc62, as Hsc56 does not activate DnaK or Hsc66 ATPase activity . [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG10241].
Try the new Gene page
Try the new Transcripts and proteins table
Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (12163..14079)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene putative enzyme-specific chaperone YaaW Neighboring gene uncharacterized protein MbiA Neighboring gene DUF2541 domain-containing protein YaaI Neighboring gene chaperone protein DnaJ Neighboring gene IS186/IS421 family transposase

Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables ADP binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables ATP binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables ATP binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables ATP hydrolysis activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables ATP hydrolysis activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables ATP-dependent protein folding chaperone IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables heat shock protein binding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables nucleotide binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables protein folding chaperone IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
enables protein folding chaperone IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables protein-folding chaperone binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables protein-folding chaperone binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
PubMed 
enables sigma factor antagonist activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables unfolded protein binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
enables unfolded protein binding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
enables zinc ion binding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in DNA replication IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in cellular response to unfolded protein IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in negative regulation of DNA-templated transcription IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in protein folding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in protein folding IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
involved_in protein refolding IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
involved_in protein unfolding IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in protein-containing complex assembly IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in response to heat IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
involved_in response to heat IEP
Inferred from Expression Pattern
more info
PubMed 
involved_in stress response to copper ion IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
PubMed 
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cytoplasm HDA PubMed 
located_in cytoplasm IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
is_active_in cytosol IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
 
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in inclusion body IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
located_in membrane HDA PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
 
part_of protein-containing complex IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
PubMed 
Preferred Names
chaperone protein DnaK
NP_414555.1

NEW Try the new Transcript table

Genome Annotation

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    12163..14079
    Download
    GenBank, FASTA, Sequence Viewer (Graphics)

mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_414555.1 chaperone protein DnaK

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_414555.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A376YE08
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    PRK00290
    Location:1638
    dnaK; molecular chaperone DnaK; Provisional