HHsearch alignment for GI: 254780777 and conserved domain: cd04248

>cd04248 AAK_AK-Ectoine AAK_AK-Ectoine: Amino Acid Kinase Superfamily (AAK), AK-Ectoine; this CD includes the N-terminal catalytic domain of the aspartokinase of the ectoine (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methyl pyrimidine-4-carboxylate) biosynthetic pathway found in Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum, Vibrio cholerae, and other various halotolerant or halophilic bacteria. Bacteria exposed to hyperosmotic stress accumulate organic solutes called 'compatible solutes' of which ectoine, a heterocyclic amino acid, is one. Apart from its osmotic function, ectoine also exhibits a protective effect on proteins, nucleic acids and membranes against a variety of stress factors. de novo synthesis of ectoine starts with the phosphorylation of L-aspartate and shares its first two enzymatic steps with the biosynthesis of amino acids of the aspartate family: aspartokinase and L-aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase. The M. alcaliphilum and the V. cholerae aspartokinases are encoded on the ectABCask operon.
Probab=99.95  E-value=8.8e-28  Score=190.93  Aligned_cols=93  Identities=17%  Similarity=0.174  Sum_probs=87.9

Q ss_pred             CCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHCHHHHHHCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC--CCCCCCCCHHHHHHC---CCCCCCHHHHHHHHHCC
Q ss_conf             5567776215788888641644665147543512343223444--444441159999855---99814099999999749
Q gi|254780777|r  138 TGNAFLTTDSAAALRASEIGADVILKGTQVDGVYSADPRVHAS--STRFDSLTYNQFIEK---GLKVMDCASVVLARDCS  212 (242)
Q Consensus       138 ~~~~~~~~D~~a~~ia~~~~ad~l~i~tdvdGiyt~dP~~~~~--ak~i~~is~~e~l~~---G~~v~~~~A~~~a~~~g  212 (242)
T Consensus       207 tTLGRgGSDySAailA~~l~A~~~~IWtDV~-v~tADPr~V~~~~a~~i~~lSy~EA~ELayfGAkVlHP~Ti~P~~~~~  285 (304)
T cd04248         207 REFDRGYSEMTFSRIAVLTGASEAIIHKEFH-LSSADPKLVGEDKARPIGRTNYDVADQLANLGMEAIHPKAAKGLRQAG  285 (304)
T ss_pred             EEECCCCCHHHHHHHHHHCCCCEEEEEECCC-EECCCCCCCCCCCCEEECCCCHHHHHHHHHCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHCC
T ss_conf             6507997178999999976999899985066-616897957877663606479999999997797215989999999869


Q ss_pred             CCEEEEECCCCCHHHHHHCCCCCCCEEC
Q ss_conf             9699951898547999977998782466
Q gi|254780777|r  213 IPIIVFSIHSPGGIWGGLSGIGRSTIIS  240 (242)
Q Consensus       213 I~v~I~ng~~~~~i~~~l~Ge~~GT~I~  240 (242)
T Consensus       286 IPi~IkNt~~P---------~~~GT~Is  304 (304)
T cd04248         286 IPLRVKNTFEP---------DHPGTLIT  304 (304)
T ss_pred             CCEEEECCCCC---------CCCCCEEC
T ss_conf             98898068998---------99983439