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ygaP thiosulfate sulfurtransferase YgaP [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 947135, updated on 19-Nov-2025
Official Symbol
ygaP
Official Full Name
thiosulfate sulfurtransferase YgaP
Primary source
ECOCYC:G7398
Locus tag
b2668
See related
ASAP:ABE-0008786
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
ECK2662
Summary
YgaP has a rhodanese domain and sulfur transferase (rhodanese) activity in vitro, F. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG13288]. YgaP is an inner membrane protein with two predicted transmembrane domains. [More information is available at EcoCyc: G7398].
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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (2797520..2798044)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene Pmp3 family protein YqaE Neighboring gene putative DNA-binding transcriptional regulator YgaV Neighboring gene DNA-binding transcriptional repressor StpA with RNA chaperone activity Neighboring gene L-alanine exporter

Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

Go to nucleotide: Graphics FASTA GenBank

Related articles in PubMed

  1. S-Nitrosylation Induces Structural and Dynamical Changes in a Rhodanese Family Protein. Eichmann C, et al. J Mol Biol, 2016 Sep 25. PMID 27473602, Free PMC Article
  2. The ygaVP genes of Escherichia coli form a tributyltin-inducible operon. Gueuné H, et al. Appl Environ Microbiol, 2008 Mar. PMID 18245262, Free PMC Article
  3. Nucleotide sequence of a newly-identified Escherichia coli gene, stpA, encoding an H-NS-like protein. Zhang A, et al. Nucleic Acids Res, 1992 Dec 25. PMID 1480493, Free PMC Article
  4. Fast conformational exchange between the sulfur-free and persulfide-bound rhodanese domain of E. coli YgaP. Wang W, et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2014 Sep 26. PMID 25204500
  5. Solution NMR structure and functional analysis of the integral membrane protein YgaP from Escherichia coli. Eichmann C, et al. J Biol Chem, 2014 Aug 22. PMID 24958726, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables thiosulfate-cyanide sulfurtransferase activity IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
enables thiosulfate-cyanide sulfurtransferase activity IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
enables thiosulfate-cyanide sulfurtransferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
enables transferase activity IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
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
thiosulfate sulfurtransferase YgaP
NP_417154.1

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    2797520..2798044
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_417154.1 thiosulfate sulfurtransferase YgaP

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_417154.1

    Status: REVIEWED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A2X1LLJ7, A0A2X1NYB6, A0A3K0WBS9
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cd01527
    Location:3 → 103
    RHOD_YgaP; Member of the Rhodanese Homology Domain superfamily. This CD includes Escherichia coli YgaP, and similar uncharacterized putative rhodanese-related sulfurtransferases.
    pfam11127
    Location:115 → 165
    DUF2892; Protein of unknown function (DUF2892)
Nucleotide Protein
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