ORF information
ORF ID TF00218 (frame 1) Gene ID HP0038
Position and sequences 37738...38475(245 aa) Gene Name/synonym comB8 /virB8
Organism Helicobacter pylori 26695 Cluster 47 genes
Product Type IV secretion system protein VirB8 homolog
1stcategory P-T4SS 2ndcategory VirB8 Family
3rdcategory DNA Uptake/Release
Function Component of the Type IV transformation competence system comB, which is involved in DNA transformation competence acquiring DNA from the extracellular milieu. ComB8 together with ComB9 and ComB10 is essential for transformation competence.
Miscellaneus
References PubMed:9663688  PubMed:16428391 

Functional Annotation
  KEGG database
Organism H.pylori Gene entry HP0038
Gene name Synonyms
Definition H. pylori predicted coding region HP0038
Class Genetic Information Processing; Sorting and Degradation; Type IV secretion system [PATH:hpy03080]
Classification Sorting and Degradation
DBLinks GeneID 899146 GI 15644671 TIGR HP0038 UniProt O24879
 
  COG Clusters of Orthologous Groups of proteins
 
Gene Classification Coords (size) Product
U 44 .. 245 (202) Type IV secretory pathway, component VirB8

Blast results (KEGG)
H.pylori :  BlastP (output)
Score Expect Query coverage Subject coverage
478 e-134 100 100
InterPro
 
InterPro No results found !
GO (Gene Onthology)
 
GO No results found !
Blast Results (Swiss-Prot)
 
Blast Results (Swiss-Prot) No results found !

Topology
 
PHOBIUS txt

Protein localization analysis
 
Psort bacterial inner membrane-0.6286-Affirmative (output)