ppsC Resolved · high auto-curated

H37Rv Rv2933 · MTBC0 mtbc0_003116 · 2188 aa · 3276682–3283248 (+) · RefSeq NP_217449.1

Annotation: from legacy to revised

Legacy (H37Rv / Mycobrowser)phthiocerol synthesis polyketide synthase type I PpsC
MTBC0 PGAP re-annotationphthiocerol type I polyketide synthase PpsC
Revised (this work)Phthiocerol type I polyketide synthase PpsC. Pfam: ketoacyl-synt (PF00109.33), Ketoacyl-synt_C (PF02801.29), Acyl_transf_1 (PF00698.27), PKS_DH_N (PF21089.4), PS-DH (PF14765.13), ADH_N (PF08240.18), ADH_zinc_N (PF00107.33), ADH_zinc_N_2 (PF13602.13), KR (PF08659.17), adh_short (PF00106.32), adh_short_C2 (PF13561.13), PP-binding (PF00550.32).

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

Curated reference (UniProt)

UniProt P96202 SwissProt · reviewed · Evidence at protein level
UniProt namePhenolphthiocerol/phthiocerol polyketide synthase subunit C
EC (curated) EC 2.3.1.292
Curated functionPart of the PpsABCDE complex involved in the biosynthesis of the lipid core common to phthiocerols and phenolphthiocerols by successive additions of malonyl-CoA or methylmalonyl-CoA extender units. PpsA can accept as substrate the activated forms of either icosanoyl (C20), docosanoyl (C22) or lignoceroyl (C24) groups from FadD26, or a (4-hydroxyphenyl)-C17 or (4-hydroxyphenyl)-C19 fatty acyl from FadD29. PpsA initiates the biosynthesis and extends its substrate using a malonyl-CoA extender unit. The PpsB and PpsC proteins add the second and third malonyl-CoA extender units. PpsD adds an (R)-me.

Functional vocabulary (eggNOG-mapper, orthology transfer)

COG category C Energy production and conversion
Q Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism
Preferred nameppsC
eggNOG descriptionpolyketide synthase
Orthologous groupCOG0604
EC number EC 2.3.1.111, EC 2.3.1.252
KEGG orthology K11628, K12431, K12432, K12433, K12442, K12443
Gene Ontology (63) GO:0005575, GO:0005622, GO:0005623, GO:0005737, GO:0005829, GO:0005886, GO:0006066, GO:0006082, GO:0006629, GO:0006631, GO:0006633, GO:0006725 +51 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 0.358 · purifying
Polymorphic sites (≥ 0.1% of strains) 16 synonymous, 16 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
ketoacyl-syntPF00109.33 1.8e-9735–288 Beta-ketoacyl synthase, N-terminal domain
Ketoacyl-synt_CPF02801.29 2.7e-41296–413 Beta-ketoacyl synthase, C-terminal domain
Acyl_transf_1PF00698.27 7.0e-108572–890 Acyl transferase domain
PKS_DH_NPF21089.4 6.4e-21928–1029 Polyketide synthase dehydratase domain
PS-DHPF14765.13 4.8e-231057–1220 Polyketide synthase dehydratase N-terminal domain
ADH_NPF08240.18 1.7e-081485–1552 Alcohol dehydrogenase GroES-like domain
ADH_zinc_NPF00107.33 3.8e-221607–1714 Zinc-binding dehydrogenase
ADH_zinc_N_2PF13602.13 5.5e-241639–1778 Zinc-binding dehydrogenase
KRPF08659.17 7.3e-631802–1980 KR domain
adh_shortPF00106.32 8.3e-121805–1961 short chain dehydrogenase
adh_short_C2PF13561.13 4.8e-101812–1960 Enoyl-(Acyl carrier protein) reductase
PP-bindingPF00550.32 1.8e-112077–2141 Phosphopantetheine attachment site

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

Closest characterised functional partner: fas (fatty acid synthase), high confidence from genomic context alone (score 1000 excluding text-mining).

PartnerProductScoreNo text-miningChannels (≥400)
Rv2524c fas fatty acid synthase 999 1000 ctx neighborhood:544 coexpression:974 experimental:999 database:604 textmining:745
Rv2935 ppsE phthiocerol synthesis polyketide synthase type I PpsE 999 999 ctx neighborhood:881 coexpression:862 experimental:408 database:900
Rv2934 ppsD phthiocerol synthesis polyketide synthase type I PpsD 998 998 ctx neighborhood:785 coexpression:862 experimental:408 database:900
Rv2932 ppsB phthiocerol synthesis polyketide synthase type I PpsB 998 996 ctx neighborhood:892 experimental:458 database:900 textmining:545
Rv2243 fabD malonyl CoA-acyl carrier protein transacylase 996 996 coexpression:750 experimental:960 database:549
Rv2383c mbtB phenyloxazoline synthase 998 994 ctx neighborhood:544 coexpression:937 experimental:721 textmining:752
Rv2048c pks12 polyketide synthase 997 993 ctx neighborhood:544 coexpression:437 experimental:965 textmining:631
Rv2940c mas multifunctional mycocerosic acid synthase 996 992 ctx neighborhood:544 coexpression:456 experimental:965 textmining:614
Rv3825c pks2 phthioceranic/hydroxyphthioceranic acid synthase 996 992 ctx neighborhood:544 coexpression:425 experimental:965 textmining:612
Rv1527c pks5 polyketide synthase 996 992 ctx neighborhood:544 coexpression:425 experimental:965 textmining:619
Rv2931 ppsA phthiocerol synthesis polyketide synthase type I PpsA 994 992 ctx neighborhood:813 experimental:414 database:900
Rv3153 nuoI NADH-quinone oxidoreductase subunit I 990 987 coexpression:415 experimental:953 database:564
Rv3147 nuoC NADH-quinone oxidoreductase subunit C 989 987 coexpression:455 experimental:951 database:564
Rv0101 nrp peptide synthetase Nrp 994 985 ctx neighborhood:544 cooccurence:503 coexpression:794 experimental:721 textmining:616
Rv1181 pks4 polyketide beta-ketoacyl synthase 990 983 ctx neighborhood:544 experimental:795 database:720 textmining:445

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: phthiocerol synthesis polyketide synthase type I PpsC
  • MTBC0 PGAP product: phthiocerol type I polyketide synthase PpsC
  • Pfam (hmmscan --cut_ga): ketoacyl-synt PF00109.33 (E=2e-97), Ketoacyl-synt_C PF02801.29 (E=3e-41), Acyl_transf_1 PF00698.27 (E=7e-108), PKS_DH_N PF21089.4 (E=6e-21), PS-DH PF14765.13 (E=5e-23), ADH_N PF08240.18 (E=2e-08), ADH_zinc_N PF00107.33 (E=4e-22), ADH_zinc_N_2 PF13602.13 (E=5e-24), KR PF08659.17 (E=7e-63), adh_short PF00106.32 (E=8e-12), adh_short_C2 PF13561.13 (E=5e-10), PP-binding PF00550.32 (E=2e-11)
  • (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_217449.1)
  • Domains: Pfam-A via hmmscan --cut_ga — ketoacyl-synt (PF00109.33), Ketoacyl-synt_C (PF02801.29), Acyl_transf_1 (PF00698.27), PKS_DH_N (PF21089.4), PS-DH (PF14765.13), ADH_N (PF08240.18), ADH_zinc_N (PF00107.33), ADH_zinc_N_2 (PF13602.13), KR (PF08659.17), adh_short (PF00106.32), adh_short_C2 (PF13561.13), PP-binding (PF00550.32)
  • 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 COG0604
  • Curated reference: UniProt P96202 (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 — 637 functional partner(s); context anchor fas
  • Primary literature: none located yet; annotation rests on the domain/homology sources above.

Ancestral MTBC0 protein sequence

>mtbc0_003116|Rv2933|ppsC
MTAATPDRRAIITEALHKIDDLTARLEIAEKSSSEPIAVIGMGCRFPGGVNNPEQFWDLLCAGRSGIVRVPAQRWDADAYYCDDHTVPGTICSTEGGFLTSWQPDEFDAEFFSISPREAAAMDPQQRLLIEVAWEALEDAGVPQHTIRGTQTSVFVGVTAYDYMLTLAGRLRPVDLDAYIPTGNSANFAAGRLAYILGARGPAVVIDTACSSSLVAVHLACQSLRGRESDMALVGGTNLLLSPGPSIACSRWGMLSPEGRCKTFDASADGYVRGEGAAVVVLKRLDDAVRDGNRILAVVRGSAVNQDGASSGVTVPNGPAQQALLAKALTSSKLTAADIDYVEAHGTGTPLGDPIELDSLSKVFSDRAGSDQLVIGSVKTNLGHLEAAAGVAGLMKAVLAVHNGYIPRHLNFHQLTPHASEAASRLRIAADGIDWPTTGRPRRAGVSSFGVSGTNAHVVIEQAPDPMAAAGTEPQRGPVPAVSTLVVFGKTAPRVAATASVLADWLDGPGAAVPLADVAHTLNHHRARQTRFGTVAAVDRRQAVIGLRALAAGQSAPGVVAPREGSIGGGTVFVYSGRGSQWAGMGRQLLADEPAFAAAIAELEPEFVAQGGFSLRDVIAGGKELVGIEQIQLGLIGMQLALTALWRSYGVTPDAVIGHSMGEVAAAVVAGALTPAQGLRVTAVRSRLMAPLSGQGTMALLELDAEATEALIADYPEVSLGIYASPRQTVISGPPLLIDELIDKVRQQNGFATRVNIEVAPHNPAMDALQPAMRSELADLTPQPPTIPIISTTYADLGISLGSGPRFDAEHWATNMRNPVRFHQAIAHAGADHHTFIEISAHPLLTHSISDTLRASYDVDNYLSIGTLQRDAHDTLEFHTNLNTTHTTHPPQTPHPPEPHPVLPTTPWQHTQHWITATSAAYHRPDTHPLLGVGVTDPTNGTRVWESELDPDLLWLADHVIDDLVVLPGAAYAEIALAAATDTFAVEQDQPWMISELDLRQMLHVTPGTVLVTTLTGDEQRCQVEIRTRSGSSGWTTHATATVARAEPLAPLDHEGQRREVTTADLEDQLDPDDLYQRLRGAGQQHGPAFQGIVGLAVTQAGVARAQVRLPASARTGSREFMLHPVMMDIALQTLGATRTATDLAGGQDARQGPSSNSALVVPVRFAGVHVYGDITRGVRAVGSLAAAGDRLVGEVVLTDANGQPLLVVDEVEMAVLGSGSGATELTNRLFMLEWEPAPLEKTAEATGALLLIGDPAAGDPLLPALQSSLRDRITDLELASAADEATLRAAISRTSWDGIVVVCPPRANDESMPDEAQLELARTRTLLVASVVETVTRMGARKSPRLWIVTRGAAQFDAGESVTLAQTGLRGIARVLTFEHSELNTTLVDIEPDGTGSLAALAEELLAGSEADEVALRDGQRYVNRLVPAPTTTSGDLAAEARHQVVNLDSSGASRAAVRLQIDQPGRLDALNVHEVKRGRPQGDQVEVRVVAAGLNFSDVLKAMGVYPGLDGAAPVIGGECVGYVTAIGDEVDGVEVGQRVIAFGPGTFGTHLGTIADLVVPIPDTLADNEAATFGVAYLTAWHSLCEVGRLSPGERVLIHSATGGVGMAAVSIAKMIGARIYTTAGSDAKREMLSRLGVEYVGDSRSVDFADEILELTDGYGVDVVLNSLAGEAIQRGVQILAPGGRFIELGKKDVYADASLGLAALAKSASFSVVDLDLNLKLQPARYRQLLQHILQHVADGKLEVLPVTAFSLHDAADAFRLMASGKHTGKIVISIPQHGSIEAIAAPPPLPLVSRDGGYLIVGGMGGLGFVVARWLAEQGAGLIVLNGRSAPSDEVAAAIAELNASGSRIEVITGDITEPDTAERLVRAVEDAGFRLAGVVHSAMVLADEIVLNMTDSAARRVFAPKVTGSWRLHVATAARDVDWWLTFSSAAALLGTPGQGAYAAANSWVDGLVAHRRSAGLPAVGINWGPWADVGRAQFFKDLGVEMINAEQGLAAMQAVLTADRGRTGVFSLDARQWFQSFPAVAGSSLFAKLHDSAARKSGQRRGGGAIRAQLDALDAAERPGHLASAIADEIRAVLRSGDPIDHHRPLETLGLDSLMGLELRNRLEASLGITLPVALVWAYPTISDLATALCERMDYATPAAAQEISDTEPELSDEEMDLLADLVDASELEAATRGES