>TIGR03371 cellulose_yhjQ cellulose synthase operon protein YhjQ. Members of this family are the YhjQ protein, found immediately upsteam of bacterial cellulose synthase (bcs) genes in a broad range of bacteria, including both copies of the bcs locus in Klebsiella pneumoniae. In several species it is seen clearly as part of the bcs operon. It is identified as a probable component of the bacterial cellulose metabolic process not only by gene location, but also by partial phylogenetic profiling, or Haft-Selengut algorithm (PMID:16930487), based on a bacterial cellulose biosynthesis genome property profile. Cellulose plays an important role in biofilm formation and structural integrity in some bacteria. Mutants in yhjQ in Escherichia coli, show altered morphology an growth, but the function of YhjQ has not yet been determined.

Probab=96.24  E-value=0.098  Score=30.54  Aligned_cols=37  Identities=22%  Similarity=0.360  Sum_probs=30.9

Q ss_pred             CEEEEEE-CCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHCCCEEEEEECC
Q ss_conf             0799970-687237899999987520089879999738
Q gi|255764460|r   68 RIVEIYG-PESSGKTTLALHTIAQSQKTGGTCAFVDAE  104 (363)
Q Consensus        68 ri~ei~G-~~~sGKTtlal~~~a~~qk~g~~~~~iD~E  104 (363)
T Consensus         2 kiIav~n~KGGVGKTT~avNLA~~La~~G~rVLlIDlD   39 (246)
T TIGR03371         2 KVIAIVGIKGGVGRTTLTAALASALKLLGEPVLAIDLD   39 (246)
T ss_pred             EEEEEECCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHCCCCEEEEECC
T ss_conf             39999759998549999999999999689978999759