Detailed information of TA system    

experimentalExperimentally validated    

Overview


TA module


Type II Classification (family/domain) mqsRA (relBE)/Xre-YgiU
Location 3165873..3166566 Replicon chromosome
Accession NC_000913
Organism Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

Toxin (Protein)


Gene name mqsR Uniprot ID Q46865
Locus tag b3022 Protein ID NP_417494.1
Coordinates 3168248..3168544 (-) Length 99 a.a.

Antitoxin (Protein)


Gene name mqsA Uniprot ID Q46864
Locus tag b3021 Protein ID NP_417493.1
Coordinates 3167851..3168246 (-) Length 132 a.a.

Genomic Context


Locus tag Coordinates Strand Size (bp) Protein ID Product Description
b3017 3161257..3162669 - 1413 NP_417489.1 cell division protein FtsP -
b3018 3162744..3163481 - 738 NP_417490.1 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase PlsC -
b3019 3163715..3165973 - 2259 NP_417491.1 DNA topoisomerase IV subunit A -
b3020 3166111..3167718 - 1608 NP_417492.1 putative deoxycholate binding periplasmic protein -
b3021 3167851..3168246 - 396 NP_417493.1 antitoxin of the MqsRA toxin-antitoxin system/DNA-binding transcriptional repressor MqsA Antitoxin
b3022 3168248..3168544 - 297 NP_417494.1 mRNA interferase toxin MqsR Toxin
b3023 3168749..3169231 - 483 YP_026197.1 DNA-binding transcriptional repressor YgiV -
b3024 3169284..3169676 - 393 NP_417496.1 BOF family protein YgiW -
b3025 3169828..3170487 + 660 NP_417497.1 DNA-binding transcriptional activator QseB -

Associated MGEs


MGE
detail
Similar
MGEs
Relative
position
MGE Type Cargo ARG Virulence gene Coordinates Length (bp)


Relative position:
(1) inside: TA loci is completely located inside the MGE;
(2) overlap: TA loci is partially overlapped with the MGE;
(3) flank: The TA loci is located in the 5 kb flanking regions of MGE.


Domains


Predicted by InterproScan

Toxin

(5-97)

Antitoxin

(3-47)


Sequences


Toxin        


Download         Length: 99 a.a.        Molecular weight: 11231.96 Da        Isoelectric Point: 8.9070

>T1045 NP_417494.1 NC_000913:c3168544-3168248 [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]
MEKRTPHTRLSQVKKLVNAGQVRTTRSALLNADELGLDFDGMCNVIIGLSESDFYKSMTTYSDHTIWQDVYRPRLVTGQV
YLKITVIHDVLIVSFKEK

Download         Length: 297 bp

>T1045 NC_000913:c3168544-3168248 [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]
ATGGAAAAACGCACACCACATACACGTTTGAGTCAGGTTAAAAAACTTGTCAATGCCGGGCAAGTTCGTACAACACGTAG
TGCCCTGTTAAATGCAGATGAGTTAGGTTTGGATTTTGATGGTATGTGTAATGTTATCATTGGATTATCAGAGAGCGACT
TTTATAAAAGCATGACCACCTACTCTGATCATACTATCTGGCAGGATGTTTACAGACCCAGGCTTGTTACAGGCCAGGTT
TATCTTAAAATTACGGTAATTCATGACGTACTGATCGTCTCGTTTAAGGAGAAGTAA

Antitoxin


Download         Length: 132 a.a.        Molecular weight: 14703.10 Da        Isoelectric Point: 9.2136

>AT1045 NP_417493.1 NC_000913:c3168246-3167851 [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]
MKCPVCHQGEMVSGIKDIPYTFRGRKTVLKGIHGLYCVHCEESIMNKEESDAFMAQVKAFRASVNAETVAPEFIVKVRKK
LSLTQKEASEIFGGGVNAFSRYEKGNAQPHPSTIKLLRVLDKHPELLNEIR

Download         Length: 396 bp

>AT1045 NC_000913:c3168246-3167851 [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]
ATGAAATGTCCGGTTTGCCACCAGGGAGAAATGGTTTCTGGCATTAAAGATATTCCATACACCTTCCGTGGACGAAAAAC
AGTATTGAAAGGTATCCACGGTTTATATTGTGTCCATTGCGAAGAGAGCATCATGAATAAAGAAGAGTCAGATGCTTTCA
TGGCGCAAGTAAAGGCATTTCGGGCTTCGGTGAATGCCGAAACAGTGGCACCTGAATTTATAGTGAAGGTTCGAAAAAAG
CTCTCTCTTACCCAAAAAGAGGCAAGCGAAATTTTTGGGGGAGGTGTAAATGCGTTTTCGCGTTACGAAAAAGGCAATGC
CCAACCTCATCCTTCCACAATCAAACTTTTACGTGTTCTGGATAAGCATCCAGAACTATTGAATGAAATCCGTTAA

Similar Proteins


Only experimentally validated proteins are listed.

Protein Organism Identities (%) Coverage (%) Ha-value
T6100 Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

100

100

1

T162 Xylella fastidiosa 9a5c

60.606

100

0.612

T314 Pseudomonas putida KT2440

57.732

98.98

0.571


Multiple sequence alignment    


Protein Organism Identities (%) Coverage (%) Ha-value
AT6100 Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

100

100

1

AT314 Pseudomonas putida KT2440

45.038

100

0.45

AT162 Xylella fastidiosa 9a5c

41.985

100

0.42


Multiple sequence alignment    




Structures


Toxin

Source ID Structure
PDB 3HI2


Antitoxin

Source ID Structure
PDB 3O9X
PDB 3FMY
PDB 3GN5
PDB 2KZ8
PDB 3HI2
PDB 3GA8
AlphaFold DB Q46864

References


(1) Younghoon Kim et al. (2010) Escherichia coli toxin/antitoxin pair MqsR/MqsA regulate toxin CspD. Environmental Microbiology 12(5):1105-21. [PubMed:20105222] experimental

(2) Mikkel Christensen-Dalsgaard et al. (2010) Three new RelE-homologous mRNA interferases of Escherichia coli differentially induced by environmental stresses. Molecular Microbiology 75(2):333-48. [PubMed:19943910] experimental

(3) Nathan Fraikin et al. (2019) Reassessing the Role of the Type II MqsRA Toxin-Antitoxin System in Stress Response and Biofilm Formation: mqsA Is Transcriptionally Uncoupled from mqsR. MBio 10(6):e02678-19. [PubMed:31848281] experimental

(4) Breann L Brown et al. (2009) Three dimensional structure of the MqsR:MqsA complex: a novel TA pair comprised of a toxin homologous to RelE and an antitoxin with unique properties. PLoS Pathogens 5(12):e1000706. [PubMed:20041169] 3D_structure


experimental experimental literature
3D_structure protein structure literature