| ORF ID | TF00338 (frame 1) |
Gene ID | AGR_pTi_240 |
| Position and sequences | 180689...181219(176 aa) |
Gene Name/synonym |
traF
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| Organism | Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 Cereon |
Cluster |
24 genes |
| Product | Conjugal transfer protein TraF |
| 1stcategory | P-T4SS |
2ndcategory | Peptidase S26C Family |
| 3rdcategory | Conjugation |
| Function | Component of the conjugal T4SS tra/trb that mediates the conjugal transfer of the plasmid pTiC58 between cells of Agrobacterium. Probably, TraF is required for the processing of the conjugative pilus. |
| Miscellaneus | It was proposed that an ancestor of the pTiC58 plasmid may have arisen by the fusion of two conjugal plasmids and that one (IncP-type) tra system in this fusion retained the original function while the other (IncN-type) could have evolved to transfer DNA to plant nuclei.
TraF is member of the TraR regulon and is transcribed as traAFBH operon that is repressed by formation of a putative relaxosome at oriT consisting the TraA, TraC and TraD.
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| References |
PubMed:1400217 
PubMed:17367394 
PubMed:8763954 
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