HHsearch alignment for GI: 254780873 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=100.00  E-value=0  Score=500.77  Aligned_cols=230  Identities=21%  Similarity=0.236  Sum_probs=183.4

Q ss_pred             EEEEECCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHCCCCEEEEEECCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHC------------------------
Q ss_conf             99960858458889999999999999967998899980687304899999998614------------------------
Q gi|254780873|r    4 IVMKFGGTSVANIDCIRSAALHVKREVDRGQEVAMVVSAMSGETDRLAELCRQVTS------------------------   59 (411)
Q Consensus         4 iV~KfGGtSv~~~~~i~~v~~~i~~~~~~g~~~ivVvSA~~g~Td~L~~l~~~~~~------------------------   59 (411)
T Consensus         2 kV~KFGGtSva~~~~i~~~i~~~~~--~~~~~~vVVVSA~~gvTn~Ll~~~~~~~~g~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   79 (304)
T cd04248           2 TVEKIGGTSMSAFGAVLDNIILKPD--SDLYGRVFVVSAYSGVTNALLEHKKTGAPGIYQHFVDADEAWREALSALKQAM   79 (304)
T ss_pred             EEEEECCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHCCCC--CCCCCEEEEEECCCCCHHHHHHHHHHCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
T ss_conf             7986773332589999987700544--56788089994999970899987752020368998750478999999999999


Q ss_pred             -----------------------------------------------CCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHCCCCC
Q ss_conf             -----------------------------------------------899889999998312999999999998439986
Q gi|254780873|r   60 -----------------------------------------------IDNARERDVVISTGEQVSSGLMVLALQSLGIQA   92 (411)
Q Consensus        60 -----------------------------------------------~~~~~~~d~i~s~GE~~s~~l~a~~l~~~G~~a   92 (411)
T Consensus        80 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~l~~l~~~~~~~~~~~~e~~~~~~d~l~s~GE~~Sa~l~a~~l~~~g~~a  159 (304)
T cd04248          80 LKINEAFADIGLDVEQADAFIGARIQDARACLHDLARLCSSGYFSLAEHLLAARELLASLGEAHSAFNTALLLQNRGVNA  159 (304)
T ss_pred             HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHCCCCE
T ss_conf             99999998520017778999999999999999999988743732076662568999999749989999999999779972


Q ss_pred             CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHCCEEEEECCCCCCCCCCEEEECCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHCHHHHHHH
Q ss_conf             35673324551213355200012362100334310680586034333556842443068624289999988473455653
Q gi|254780873|r   93 ISLQGWQIPIMTDSLHGMARICRVDEKKIVTHLKKKQVVVITGFQGLSHDNSVTTLGRGGSDTSAVAIAAAIKADRCDIY  172 (411)
Q Consensus        93 ~~l~~~~~~i~t~~~~~~a~~~~~~~~~l~~~l~~~~v~v~~Gf~g~~~~g~~ttlgRGGSD~tA~~ia~~l~A~~~~i~  172 (411)
T Consensus       160 ~~~d~~~~---~~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~v~Vv~GF-~~~~~G~~tTLGRgGSDySAailA~~l~A~~~~IW  233 (304)
T cd04248         160 RFVDLSGW---RDSGDMT--LDERISEAFRDIDPRDELPIVTGY-AKCAEGLMREFDRGYSEMTFSRIAVLTGASEAIIH  233 (304)
T ss_pred             EEEECCCC---CCCCCCC--HHHHHHHHHHHCCCCCCEEEECCC-CCCCCCCEEEECCCCCHHHHHHHHHHCCCCEEEEE
T ss_conf             99714015---4656555--789999999722657826885772-67899835650799717899999997699989998


Q ss_pred             CCHHHHEECCCCCCCC--CCEECCCCHHHHHHHHHCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHCCCEEEEECCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC
Q ss_conf             4614402458421234--4110567999999988403110137887643313852676112377777654354545
Q gi|254780873|r  173 TDVCGIYTTDPRIEPK--AHLMKKISFEEMLEMSSLGAKVMQVRSVELAMLYKMCLFVRSSFEDHGQQEQLGTLIC  246 (411)
Q Consensus       173 tdV~Gi~taDPr~v~~--a~~i~~lsy~Ea~eLa~~Gakvlhp~~~~~~~~~~ipi~i~ntf~~~~~~~~~GT~I~  246 (411)
T Consensus       234 tDV~-v~tADPr~V~~~~a~~i~~lSy~EA~ELayfGAkVlHP~Ti~P~~~~~IPi~IkNt~~----P~~~GT~Is  304 (304)
T cd04248         234 KEFH-LSSADPKLVGEDKARPIGRTNYDVADQLANLGMEAIHPKAAKGLRQAGIPLRVKNTFE----PDHPGTLIT  304 (304)
T ss_pred             ECCC-EECCCCCCCCCCCCEEECCCCHHHHHHHHHCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHCCCCEEEECCCC----CCCCCCEEC
T ss_conf             5066-6168979578776636064799999999977972159899999998699889806899----899983439