Protein
Tellurite resistance protein TehA
Organism
Escherichia coli (strain K12)
Function
Responsible for potassium tellurite resistance when present in high copy number. Ion channel involved in potassium tellurite resistance (By similarity). Otherwise, phenotypically silent.
Similarity
Belongs to the tellurite-resistance/dicarboxylate transporter (TDT) family.
Sequence
MQSDKVLNLPAGYFGIVLGTIGMGFAWRYASQVWQVSHWLGDGLVILAMIIWGLLTSAFIARLIRFPHSVLAEVRHPVLSSFVSLFPATTMLVAIGFVPWFRPLAVCLFSFGVVVQLAYAAWQTAGLWRGSHPEEATTPGLYLPTVANNFISAMACGALGYTDAGLVFLGAGVFSWLSLEPVILQRLRSSGELPTALRTSLGIQLAPALVACSAWLSVNGGEGDTLAKMLFGYGLLQLLFMLRLMPWYLSQPFNASFWSFSFGVSALATTGLHLGSGSDNGFFHTLAVPLFIFTNFIIAILLIRTFALLMQGKLLVRTERAVLMKAEDKE