ID WAAP_ECOLI Reviewed; 265 AA. AC P25741; Q2M7U4; DT 01-MAY-1992, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-MAY-1992, sequence version 1. DT 02-SEP-2026, entry version 154. DE RecName: Full=Lipopolysaccharide core heptose(I) kinase WaaP {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R9D6}; DE EC=2.7.1.235 {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R9D6}; GN Name=waaP {ECO:0000303|PubMed:9004408}; GN Synonyms=rfaP {ECO:0000303|PubMed:1732225}; GN OrderedLocusNames=b3630, JW3605; OS Escherichia coli (strain K12). OC Bacteria; Pseudomonadati; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; OC Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia. OX NCBI_TaxID=83333; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=K12; RX PubMed=1732225; DOI=10.1128/jb.174.3.930-934.1992; RA Parker C.T., Pradel E., Schnaitman C.A.; RT "Identification and sequences of the lipopolysaccharide core biosynthetic RT genes rfaQ, rfaP, and rfaG of Escherichia coli K-12."; RL J. Bacteriol. 174:930-934(1992). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=K12 / MG1655 / ATCC 47076; RX PubMed=8041620; DOI=10.1093/nar/22.13.2576; RA Sofia H.J., Burland V., Daniels D.L., Plunkett G. III, Blattner F.R.; RT "Analysis of the Escherichia coli genome. V. DNA sequence of the region RT from 76.0 to 81.5 minutes."; RL Nucleic Acids Res. 22:2576-2586(1994). RN [3] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=K12 / MG1655 / ATCC 47076; RX PubMed=9278503; DOI=10.1126/science.277.5331.1453; RA Blattner F.R., Plunkett G. III, Bloch C.A., Perna N.T., Burland V., RA Riley M., Collado-Vides J., Glasner J.D., Rode C.K., Mayhew G.F., RA Gregor J., Davis N.W., Kirkpatrick H.A., Goeden M.A., Rose D.J., Mau B., RA Shao Y.; RT "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12."; RL Science 277:1453-1462(1997). RN [4] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=K12 / W3110 / ATCC 27325 / DSM 5911; RX PubMed=16738553; DOI=10.1038/msb4100049; RA Hayashi K., Morooka N., Yamamoto Y., Fujita K., Isono K., Choi S., RA Ohtsubo E., Baba T., Wanner B.L., Mori H., Horiuchi T.; RT "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 RT and W3110."; RL Mol. Syst. Biol. 2:E1-E5(2006). RN [5] RP NOMENCLATURE. RX PubMed=9004408; DOI=10.1016/s0966-842x(97)82912-5; RA Reeves P.R., Hobbs M., Valvano M.A., Skurnik M., Whitfield C., Coplin D., RA Kido N., Klena J., Maskell D., Raetz C.R.H., Rick P.D.; RT "Bacterial polysaccharide synthesis and gene nomenclature."; RL Trends Microbiol. 4:495-503(1996). CC -!- FUNCTION: Kinase involved in the biosynthesis of the core CC oligosaccharide region of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (By similarity). CC Catalyzes the phosphorylation of heptose I (HepI), the first heptose CC added to the Kdo2-lipid A module (By similarity). CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R9D6}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=an L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->3)-L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->5)-[alpha-Kdo- CC (2->4)]-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid A + ATP = an L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->3)-4-O- CC phospho-L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->5)-[alpha-Kdo-(2->4)]-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)- CC lipid A + ADP + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:74087, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:193069, ChEBI:CHEBI:193070, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.1.235; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R9D6}; CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->3)-L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->5)-[alpha-Kdo-(2->4)]- CC alpha-Kdo-(2->6)-lipid A (E. coli) + ATP = L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->3)-4-O- CC phospho-L-alpha-D-Hep-(1->5)-[alpha-Kdo-(2->4)]-alpha-Kdo-(2->6)- CC lipid A (E. coli) + ADP + H(+); Xref=Rhea:RHEA:74091, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:61507, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:193075, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=2.7.1.235; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R9D6}; CC -!- COFACTOR: CC Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; CC Evidence={ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R9D6}; CC -!- PATHWAY: Bacterial outer membrane biogenesis; LPS core biosynthesis. CC {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9R9D6}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the protein kinase superfamily. KdkA/RfaP CC family. {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; M80599; AAA24083.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; U00039; AAB18607.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; U00096; AAC76654.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; AP009048; BAE77662.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR PIR; C42595; C42595. DR RefSeq; NP_418087.1; NC_000913.3. DR RefSeq; WP_000229840.1; NZ_CP009789.1. DR AlphaFoldDB; P25741; -. DR SMR; P25741; -. DR BioGRID; 4260804; 387. DR FunCoup; P25741; 61. DR IntAct; P25741; 7. DR STRING; 511145.b3630; -. DR jPOST; P25741; -. DR PaxDb; 511145-b3630; -. DR EnsemblBacteria; AAC76654; AAC76654; b3630. DR GeneID; 948150; -. DR KEGG; ecj:JW3605; -. DR KEGG; eco:b3630; -. DR KEGG; ecoc:C3026_19675; -. DR PATRIC; fig|1411691.4.peg.3076; -. DR EchoBASE; EB1316; -. DR eggNOG; COG0515; Bacteria. DR HOGENOM; CLU_081267_0_0_6; -. DR InParanoid; P25741; -. DR OMA; GWGEIFK; -. DR OrthoDB; 9782725at2; -. DR PhylomeDB; P25741; -. DR BioCyc; EcoCyc:EG11340-MONOMER; -. DR BioCyc; MetaCyc:EG11340-MONOMER; -. DR BRENDA; 2.7.1.B23; 2026. DR UniPathway; UPA00958; -. DR PRO; PR:P25741; -. DR Proteomes; UP000000625; Chromosome. DR AbasyAtlas; P25741; -. DR GO; GO:0016301; F:kinase activity; IDA:EcoCyc. DR GO; GO:0046835; P:carbohydrate phosphorylation; IDA:EcoCyc. DR GO; GO:0009244; P:lipopolysaccharide core region biosynthetic process; IDA:EcoCyc. DR InterPro; IPR011009; Kinase-like_dom_sf. DR InterPro; IPR017172; Lsacc_core_hep_kinase_RfaP. DR NCBIfam; NF011703; PRK15123.1; 1. DR Pfam; PF06293; Kdo; 1. DR PIRSF; PIRSF037318; RfaP; 1. DR SUPFAM; SSF56112; Protein kinase-like (PK-like); 1. PE 3: Inferred from homology; KW ATP-binding; Kinase; Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis; Magnesium; KW Nucleotide-binding; Reference proteome; Transferase. FT CHAIN 1..265 FT /note="Lipopolysaccharide core heptose(I) kinase WaaP" FT /id="PRO_0000097285" FT ACT_SITE 162 FT /evidence="ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9BRS2" SQ SEQUENCE 265 AA; 30872 MW; E77F1E9956ABDBED CRC64; MVELKEPLAT LWRGKDAFAE VKKLNGEVFR ELETRRTLRF ELSGKSYFLK WHKGTTLKEI IKNLLSLRMP VLGADREWHA IHRLSDVGVD TMKGIGFGEK GLNPLTRASF IITEDLTPTI SLEDYCADWA VNPPDIRVKR MLIARVATMV RKMHTAGINH RDCYICHFLL HLPFTGREDE LKISVIDLHR AQIRAKVPRR WRDKDLIGLY FSSMNIGLTQ RDIWRFMKVY FGMPLRKILS LEQNLLNMAS VKAERIKERT QRKGL //