Protein
Putative arginine/ornithine antiporter
Organism
Bacillus subtilis (strain 168)
Function
Catalyzes an electroneutral exchange between arginine and ornithine to allow high-efficiency energy conversion in the arginine deiminase pathway.
Similarity
Belongs to the amino acid-polyamine-organocation (APC) superfamily. Basic amino acid/polyamine antiporter (APA) (TC 2.A.3.2) family.
Sequence
MEQTKKWGFWLLTAFVVGNMVGSGIFSLPSSLASIASPFGATSAWLLTGAGVLMIALVFGHLSIRKPELTAGPQSYARALFSDPKKGNAAGFTMVWGYWVASWISNVAIITSLAGYLTSFFPILVDKREMFSIGGQEVTLGQLLTFAVCTILLWGTHAILVASINGASKLNFVTTLSKVLGFVFFIVAGLFVFQTSLFGHFYFPVQGENGTSIGIGGQVHNAAISTLWAFVGIESAVILSGRARSQRDVKRATITGLLIALSIYIIVTLITMGVLPHDKLVGSEKPFVDVLYAIVGNAGSVIMALLAILCLFGTMLGWILLGSEVPYQAAKAGDFPAFFAKTNKKGSPVIALIITNVMSQVFIFSVISRTISDAFTFLTTAATLAYLIPYLVSAIYSLKVVIKGETYDQLKGSRVRDGLIAILACAYSVFVIVTGTADLTTFILGIGLFFVGLIVYPFVSNKFQKEKQA