Protein
Mating pair stabilization protein TraN
Organism
Escherichia coli (strain K12)
Function
Essential for F plasmid conjugative transfer. May interact with the recipient cell surface to stabilize mating pairs initiated by F-pili. May interact with TraG (Probable). Transfer requires OmpA and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), which are possibly receptors for TraN (PubMed:9696748, PubMed:16272376).
Sequence
MKRILPLILALVAGMAQADSNSDYRAGSDFAHQIKGQGSSSIQGFKPQESIPGYNANPDETKYYGGVTAGGDGGLKNDGTTEWATGETGKTITESFMNKPKDILSPDAPFIQTGRDVVNRADSIVGNTGQQCSAQEISRSEYTNYTCERDLQVEQYCTRTARMELQGSTTWETRTLEYEMSQLPAREVNGQYVVSITSPVTGEIVDAHYSWSRTYLQKSVPMTITVLGTPLSWNAKYSADASFTPVQKTLTAGVAFTSSHPVRVGNTKFKRHTAMKLRLVVRVKKASYTPYVVWSESCPFSKELGKLTKTECTEAGGNRTLVKDGQSYSMYQSCWAYRDTYVTQSADKGTCQTYTDNPACTLVSHQCAFYSEEGACLHEYATYSCESKTSGKVMVCGGDVFCLDGECDKAQSGKSNDFAEAVSQLAALAAAGKDVAALNGVDVRAFTGQAKFCKKAAAGYSNCCKDSGWGQDIGLAKCSSDEKALAKAKSNKLTVSVGEFCSKKVLGVCLEKKRSYCQFDSKLAQIVQQQGRNGQLRISFGSAKHPDCRGITVDELQKIQFNRLDFTNFYEDLMNNQKIPDSGVLTQKVKEQIADQLKQAGQ