ligD Resolved · high auto-curated

H37Rv Rv0938 · MTBC0 mtbc0_000996 · 759 aa · 1049353–1051632 (+) · RefSeq NP_215453.1

Annotation: from legacy to revised

Legacy (H37Rv / Mycobrowser)multifunctional non-homologous end joining DNA repair protein/ATP dependent DNA ligase LigD
MTBC0 PGAP re-annotationATP-dependent DNA ligase
Revised (this work)ATP-dependent DNA ligase. Pfam: LigD_Prim-Pol (PF21686.4), DNA_primase_S (PF01896.26), LigD_N (PF13298.13), DNA_ligase_A_M (PF01068.27), DNA_ligase_A_C (PF04679.22).

Auto-curated: this verdict and function were generated by rules from PGAP + Pfam + Foldseek and have not been hand-reviewed.

Curated reference (UniProt)

UniProt P9WNV3 SwissProt · reviewed · Evidence at protein level
UniProt nameMultifunctional non-homologous end joining DNA repair protein LigD
EC (curated) EC 6.5.1.1
Curated functionWith Ku forms a non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair enzyme which repairs DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) with reduced fidelity. Recognizes, processes and reseals DSBs, including repairs on incompatible DSB which require 3'-resection, gap filling and ligation. Anneals the 3' overhanging strands from opposing breaks to form a gapped intermediate, which then can be extended in trans by using the termini as primers for extension of the annealed break. Binds to the recessed 5'-phosphate moiety of the downstream DNA strand forming a stable synaptic complex even when the 3'-protruding ends of the.

Functional vocabulary (eggNOG-mapper, orthology transfer)

COG category L Replication, recombination and repair
Preferred nameligD
eggNOG descriptionDNA ligase
Orthologous groupCOG1793
EC number EC 6.5.1.1, EC 6.5.1.6, EC 6.5.1.7
KEGG orthology K01971, K10747
KEGG pathways map03030, map03410, map03420, map03430, map03450
Gene Ontology (104) GO:0000166, GO:0000287, GO:0000726, GO:0003674, GO:0003676, GO:0003677, GO:0003824, GO:0003887, GO:0003896, GO:0003899, GO:0003909, GO:0003910 +92 more

Orthology-based transfer (eggNOG 5.0.2, diamond). EC/KO/GO/CAZy are computed annotations, not manual curation; cross-check against the primary literature before treating a specific reaction as established.

Conservation & selection (intra-MTBC, 145 209 strains)

pN/pS 0.44 · purifying
Polymorphic sites (≥ 0.1% of strains) 10 synonymous, 13 missense, 0 nonsense, 0 frameshift

pN/pS from segregating SNPs (singletons removed) normalised by possible sites. Low pN/pS = purifying selection (a strong signal that a "hypothetical" is a real, constrained gene). A high pN/pS is ambiguous: relaxed constraint or positive selection (drug resistance, antigenic variation) inflate it; e.g. rpoB/katG/pncA score high here for resistance, not loss of function. A clonal disruption (one allele over a clade) suggests lineage pseudogenisation; a convergent one (many independent alleles) is typical of resistance loss-of-function.

Domains (Pfam, hmmscan --cut_ga)

PfamAccessioni-EvalueResiduesDescription
LigD_Prim-PolPF21686.4 5.9e-8425–283 LigD, primase-polymerase domain
DNA_primase_SPF01896.26 4.5e-08136–257 DNA primase small subunit
LigD_NPF13298.13 3.5e-40329–433 DNA Ligase D 3'-phosphoesterase domain
DNA_ligase_A_MPF01068.27 1.8e-28461–637 ATP dependent DNA ligase domain
DNA_ligase_A_CPF04679.22 4.2e-26657–751 ATP dependent DNA ligase C terminal region

Functional interaction network (STRING v12, guilt-by-association)

Closest characterised functional partner: Rv0939 (bifunctional 2-hydroxyhepta-2,4-diene-1,7-dioate isomerase/cyclase/dehydrase), high confidence from genomic context alone (score 972 excluding text-mining).

PartnerProductScoreNo text-miningChannels (≥400)
Rv0939 bifunctional 2-hydroxyhepta-2,4-diene-1,7-dioate isomerase/cyclase/dehydrase 973 972 ctx neighborhood:882 coexpression:775
Rv0937c mku non-homologous end joining protein Ku 997 954 ctx neighborhood:628 cooccurence:774 coexpression:501 textmining:956
Rv2116 lppK lipoprotein LppK 895 885 experimental:629 database:609
Rv0002 dnaN DNA polymerase III subunit beta 895 885 experimental:629 database:609
Rv1629 polA DNA polymerase I 949 850 experimental:454 database:569 textmining:680
Rv2090 5'-3' exonuclease 877 828 experimental:429 database:569
Rv0114 gmhB D-glycero-alpha-D-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate 7-phosphatase 771 749 database:597
Rv0427c xthA exodeoxyribonuclease III protein XthA 763 738 database:644
Rv1329c dinG ATP-dependent helicase DinG 712 685 database:604
Rv1277 hyp hypothetical protein 712 681 database:611
Rv1278 hyp hypothetical protein 763 680 database:611
Rv2101 helZ helicase HelZ 685 654 database:581
Rv2903c lepB signal peptidase 664 648 database:626
Rv3394c hyp hypothetical protein 678 632 database:521
Rv0667 rpoB DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta 638 622 database:606

STRING combines evidence channels (neighborhood, fusion, cooccurrence, coexpression, experimental, database, text-mining) into a 0–1000 score. The ctx badge marks edges carried by the genomic-context channels (conserved neighborhood, fusion, phylogenetic co-occurrence), which are independent of orthology and structure and the strongest signal for an unknown gene. The no text-mining column recomputes the score from data alone, so a link that does not depend on the literature is visible. Association is a function hypothesis, not proof: corroborate with the operon context and the primary literature before assigning a function.

Evidence

  • Legacy H37Rv annotation: multifunctional non-homologous end joining DNA repair protein/ATP dependent DNA ligase LigD
  • MTBC0 PGAP product: ATP-dependent DNA ligase
  • Pfam (hmmscan --cut_ga): LigD_Prim-Pol PF21686.4 (E=6e-84), DNA_primase_S PF01896.26 (E=4e-08), LigD_N PF13298.13 (E=4e-40), DNA_ligase_A_M PF01068.27 (E=2e-28), DNA_ligase_A_C PF04679.22 (E=4e-26)
  • (auto-curated by rules from PGAP + Pfam + Foldseek; not hand-reviewed)

Sources

  • Ancestral sequence & coordinates: Harrison LB et al. (2024), An imputed ancestral reference genome for the MTBC, doi:10.1101/2023.09.07.556366
  • Product annotation: NCBI PGAP on MTBC0; legacy from H37Rv NC_000962.3 (RefSeq NP_215453.1)
  • Domains: Pfam-A via hmmscan --cut_ga — LigD_Prim-Pol (PF21686.4), DNA_primase_S (PF01896.26), LigD_N (PF13298.13), DNA_ligase_A_M (PF01068.27), DNA_ligase_A_C (PF04679.22)
  • Sequence-level signal: ESM Atlas (EvolutionaryScale × BioHub) — exploratory
  • Controlled vocabulary: eggNOG-mapper 2.1.12 (Cantalapiedra et al. 2021, doi:10.1093/molbev/msab293), eggNOG 5.0 DB (Huerta-Cepas et al. 2019) — OG COG1793
  • Curated reference: UniProt P9WNV3 (SwissProt, reviewed; Evidence at protein level)
  • Intra-MTBC selection: pN/pS and disruption from SPDI variants of 145 209 MTBC strains (this work, local collection vs H37Rv NC_000962.3)
  • Interaction network: STRING v12.0 (Szklarczyk et al. 2023, doi:10.1093/nar/gkac1000), taxon 83332, CC-BY 4.0 — 77 functional partner(s); context anchor Rv0939
  • Primary literature: none located yet; annotation rests on the domain/homology sources above.

Ancestral MTBC0 protein sequence

>mtbc0_000996|Rv0938|ligD
MGSASEQRVTLTNADKVLYPATGTTKSDIFDYYAGVAEVMLGHIAGRPATRKRWPNGVDQPAFFEKQLALSAPPWLSRATVAHRSGTTTYPIIDSATGLAWIAQQAALEVHVPQWRFVAEPGSGELNPGPATRLVFDLDPGEGVMMAQLAEVARAVRDLLADIGLVTFPVTSGSKGLHLYTPLDEPVSSRGATVLAKRVAQRLEQAMPALVTSTMTKSLRAGKVFVDWSQNSGSKTTIAPYSLRGRTHPTVAAPRTWAELDDPALRQLSYDEVLTRIARDGDLLERLDADAPVADRLTRYRRMRDASKTPEPIPTAKPVTGDGNTFVIQEHHARRPHYDFRLERDGVLVSWAVPKNLPDNTSVNHLAIHTEDHPLEYATFEGAIPSGEYGAGKVIIWDSGTYDTEKFHDDPHTGEVIVNLHGGRISGRYALIRTNGDRWLAHRLKNQKDQKVFEFDNLAPMLATHGTVAGLKASQWAFEGKWDGYRLLVEADHGAVRLRSRSGRDVTAEYPQLRALAEDLADHHVVLDGEAVVLDSSGVPSFSQMQNRGRDTRVEFWAFDLLYLDGRALLGTRYQDRRKLLETLANATSLTVPELLPGDGAQAFACSRKHGWEGVIAKRRDSRYQPGRRCASWVKDKHWNTQEVVIGGWRAGEGGRSSGVGSLLMGIPGPGGLQFAGRVGTGLSERELANLKEMLAPLHTDESPFDVPLPARDAKGITYVKPALVAEVRYSEWTPEGRLRQSSWRGLRPDKKPSEVVRE