Identification
Name:Aromatic amino acid transport protein AroP
Synonyms:
  • General aromatic amino acid permease
Gene Name:aroP
Enzyme Class:Not Available
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in transport
Specific Function:Permease that is involved in the transport across the cytoplasmic membrane of the aromatic amino acids (phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan)
Cellular Location:Cell inner membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein
SMPDB Pathways:
KEGG Pathways:
Transports:
Transport References:
  • Orth, J. D., Conrad, T. M., Na, J., Lerman, J. A., Nam, H., Feist, A. M., Palsson, B. O. (2011). "A comprehensive genome-scale reconstruction of Escherichia coli metabolism--2011." Mol Syst Biol 7:535. Pubmed: 21988831
  • Uniprot Consortium (2012). "Reorganizing the protein space at the Universal Protein Resource (UniProt)." Nucleic Acids Res 40:D71-D75. Pubmed: 22102590
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB20144D-PhenylalanineMetaboCard
ECMDB21225Hydrogen ionMetaboCard
ECMDB00177L-HistidineMetaboCard
ECMDB00159L-PhenylalanineMetaboCard
ECMDB00929L-TryptophanMetaboCard
ECMDB00158L-TyrosineMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
cell part
integral to membrane
intrinsic to membrane
membrane
membrane part
Function
active transmembrane transporter activity
amine transmembrane transporter activity
amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
transmembrane transporter activity
transporter activity
Process
amine transport
amino acid transport
establishment of localization
transmembrane transport
transport
Gene Properties
Blattner:b0112
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:2.59
Left Sequence End120178
Right Sequence End121551
Gene Sequence:
>1374 bp
ATGATGGAAGGTCAACAGCACGGCGAGCAGCTAAAGCGCGGCCTTAAAAACCGCCATATT
CAGCTTATCGCGCTGGGTGGCGCGATAGGGACCGGGTTATTCCTGGGTAGCGCCTCCGTA
ATACAGTCCGCAGGGCCAGGGATTATCCTGGGTTACGCCATTGCTGGTTTTATCGCCTTT
CTGATCATGCGTCAGCTGGGTGAAATGGTGGTCGAAGAACCTGTCGCAGGCTCCTTTAGC
CACTTTGCTTATAAATACTGGGGCAGTTTTGCCGGTTTCGCCTCTGGCTGGAACTACTGG
GTACTGTACGTTTTAGTTGCCATGGCTGAGCTGACTGCCGTGGGTAAATACATTCAGTTC
TGGTATCCGGAAATCCCCACCTGGGTTTCTGCCGCCGTATTCTTTGTGGTGATTAACGCC
ATCAACCTGACCAACGTTAAAGTGTTTGGCGAGATGGAGTTCTGGTTTGCCATTATCAAA
GTTATCGCGGTGGTAGCGATGATCATCTTCGGCGGCTGGCTGCTATTCAGTGGCAACGGC
GGCCCGCAGGCGACCGTTAGCAACCTGTGGGATCAGGGTGGTTTCCTGCCGCACGGCTTC
ACCGGGCTGGTGATGATGATGGCGATTATCATGTTCTCGTTCGGTGGTCTGGAACTGGTG
GGGATCACCGCAGCAGAAGCTGATAACCCGGAGCAAAGTATACCGAAAGCAACTAACCAG
GTTATCTACCGCATCCTGATTTTCTATATTGGTTCGTTAGCCGTTCTGCTCTCACTGATG
CCGTGGACCCGCGTTACCGCCGATACCAGTCCGTTTGTGCTGATCTTCCACGAGTTAGGC
GATACCTTTGTGGCGAATGCGCTGAACATCGTGGTACTGACTGCGGCGCTCTCCGTGTAC
AACAGCTGCGTATATTGCAACAGCCGTATGCTGTTTGGTCTGGCACAACAGGGTAATGCG
CCAAAAGCGCTGGCGTCTGTCGATAAACGTGGTGTACCAGTAAATACCATTCTGGTGTCT
GCACTGGTAACGGCGTTGTGCGTACTGATTAACTACCTTGCCCCAGAGTCCGCTTTCGGA
CTGTTAATGGCGCTGGTGGTATCTGCACTGGTAATCAACTGGGCGATGATTAGCCTGGCG
CATATGAAATTCCGTCGCGCCAAGCAGGAACAAGGCGTGGTAACTCGCTTCCCTGCTCTG
CTTTATCCGCTGGGTAACTGGATCTGCCTGCTGTTTATGGCGGCGGTACTGGTGATTATG
CTGATGACCCCAGGAATGGCGATTTCGGTATACCTGATCCCGGTATGGCTGATCGTGTTA
GGTATCGGCTATCTGTTTAAAGAGAAAACCGCCAAAGCCGTAAAAGCGCATTAA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:457
Protein Molecular Weight:49690
Protein Theoretical pI:9
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • 21-41
  • 43-63
  • 87-107
  • 118-138
  • 156-176
  • 202-222
  • 241-261
  • 272-292
  • 334-354
  • 359-379
  • 401-421
  • 426-446
Protein Sequence:
>Aromatic amino acid transport protein AroP
MMEGQQHGEQLKRGLKNRHIQLIALGGAIGTGLFLGSASVIQSAGPGIILGYAIAGFIAF
LIMRQLGEMVVEEPVAGSFSHFAYKYWGSFAGFASGWNYWVLYVLVAMAELTAVGKYIQF
WYPEIPTWVSAAVFFVVINAINLTNVKVFGEMEFWFAIIKVIAVVAMIIFGGWLLFSGNG
GPQATVSNLWDQGGFLPHGFTGLVMMMAIIMFSFGGLELVGITAAEADNPEQSIPKATNQ
VIYRILIFYIGSLAVLLSLMPWTRVTADTSPFVLIFHELGDTFVANALNIVVLTAALSVY
NSCVYCNSRMLFGLAQQGNAPKALASVDKRGVPVNTILVSALVTALCVLINYLAPESAFG
LLMALVVSALVINWAMISLAHMKFRRAKQEQGVVTRFPALLYPLGNWICLLFMAAVLVIM
LMTPGMAISVYLIPVWLIVLGIGYLFKEKTAKAVKAH
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P15993
Uniprot Name:AROP_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674334
Ecogene ID:EG10084
Ecocyc:EG10084
ColiBase:b0112
Kegg Gene:b0112
EchoBASE ID:EB0082
CCDB:AROP_ECOLI
BacMap:16128105
General Reference:
  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Cosgriff, A. J., Pittard, A. J. (1997). "A topological model for the general aromatic amino acid permease, AroP, of Escherichia coli." J Bacteriol 179:3317-3323. Pubmed: 9150230
  • Daley, D. O., Rapp, M., Granseth, E., Melen, K., Drew, D., von Heijne, G. (2005). "Global topology analysis of the Escherichia coli inner membrane proteome." Science 308:1321-1323. Pubmed: 15919996
  • Fujita, N., Mori, H., Yura, T., Ishihama, A. (1994). "Systematic sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome: analysis of the 2.4-4.1 min (110,917-193,643 bp) region." Nucleic Acids Res 22:1637-1639. Pubmed: 8202364
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Honore, N., Cole, S. T. (1990). "Nucleotide sequence of the aroP gene encoding the general aromatic amino acid transport protein of Escherichia coli K-12: homology with yeast transport proteins." Nucleic Acids Res 18:653. Pubmed: 2408019