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lepA_C: This family represents the C-terminal region of LepA, a GTP-binding protein localized in the cytoplasmic membrane. LepA is ubiquitous in Bacteria and Eukaryota (e.g. Saccharomyces cerevisiae GUF1p), but is missing from Archaea. LepA exhibits significant homology to elongation factors (EFs) Tu and G. The function(s) of the proteins in this family are unknown. The N-terminal domain of LepA is homologous to a domain of similar size found in initiation factor 2 (IF2), and in EF-Tu and EF-G (factors required for translation in Escherichia coli). Two types of phylogenetic tree, rooted by other GTP-binding proteins, suggest that eukaryotic homologs (including S. cerevisiae GUF1) originated within the bacterial LepA family. LepA has never been observed in archaea, and eukaryl LepA is organellar. LepA is therefore a true bacterial GTPase, found only in the bacterial lineage.
No pairwise interactions are available for this conserved domain.
Tips:  If you've navigated here from a protein, hovering over a position on the weblogo will display the corresponding protein position for that domain position. The histograms below the weblogo indicate mutations found on the domain. Red is for disease (OMIM) and blue is for SNPs. Functional Features are displayed as orange boxes under the histograms. You can choose which features are displayed in the box below. Range on the Protein: Protein ID Protein Position Domain Position:  No Conserved Features/Sites Found for lepA_C
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