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narU nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 945799, updated on 26-Mar-2025
Official Symbol
narU
Official Full Name
nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG12153
Locus tag
b1469
See related
ASAP:ABE-0004901
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
PROVISIONAL
Organism
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as
ECK1463; yddF
Summary
Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS). [More information is available at EcoGene: EG12153]. NarU and NarK are the two nitrate transporters in Escherichia coli. [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG12153].
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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (1542672..1544060, complement)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene nitrate reductase Z subunit gamma Neighboring gene NarW, putative private chaperone for NarZ nitrate reductase subunit Neighboring gene nitrate reductase Z subunit beta Neighboring gene nitrate reductase Z subunit alpha Neighboring gene pseudo Neighboring gene leucine-rich repeat domain-containing protein YddK

Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

Go to nucleotide: Graphics FASTA GenBank

Related articles in PubMed

  1. NarK is a nitrite-extrusion system involved in anaerobic nitrate respiration by Escherichia coli. Rowe JJ, et al. Mol Microbiol, 1994 May. PMID 7934881
  2. Membrane transport proteins: implications of sequence comparisons. Griffith JK, et al. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 1992 Aug. PMID 1419050
  3. Nitrate reductases in Escherichia coli. Bonnefoy V, et al. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 1994. PMID 7747940
  4. Role of the Escherichia coli nitrate transport protein, NarU, in survival during severe nutrient starvation and slow growth. Clegg SJ, et al. Microbiology (Reading), 2006 Jul. PMID 16804183
  5. Organization of the nar genes at the chlZ locus. Bonnefoy V, et al. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 1997 Feb 1. PMID 9037773

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables nitrate transmembrane transporter activity EXP
Inferred from Experiment
more info
 PubMed 
enables nitrate transmembrane transporter activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables nitrite efflux transmembrane transporter activity EXP
Inferred from Experiment
more info
 PubMed 
enables nitrite transmembrane transporter activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables transmembrane transporter activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Process Evidence Code Pubs
involved_in nitrate assimilation IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
acts_upstream_of_or_within nitrate transmembrane transport EXP
Inferred from Experiment
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in nitrate transmembrane transport IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
acts_upstream_of_or_within nitrite transport EXP
Inferred from Experiment
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in nitrite transport IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
involved_in transmembrane transport IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
is_active_in plasma membrane IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
located_in plasma membrane ISM
Inferred from Sequence Model
more info
 PubMed 
Preferred Names
nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU

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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
    1542672..1544060 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_415986.1 nitrate/nitrite transporter NarU [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_415986.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A3L5H9R0
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    PRK15034
    Location:1 → 462
    PRK15034; nitrate/nitrite transport protein NarU; Provisional
Nucleotide Protein
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