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Identification
HMDB Protein ID HMDBP01808
Secondary Accession Numbers
  • 7168
Name Electron transfer flavoprotein subunit alpha, mitochondrial
Synonyms
  1. Alpha-ETF
Gene Name ETFA
Protein Type Unknown
Biological Properties
General Function Involved in electron carrier activity
Specific Function The electron transfer flavoprotein serves as a specific electron acceptor for several dehydrogenases, including five acyl- CoA dehydrogenases, glutaryl-CoA and sarcosine dehydrogenase. It transfers the electrons to the main mitochondrial respiratory chain via ETF-ubiquinone oxidoreductase (ETF dehydrogenase)
Pathways Not Available
Reactions Not Available
GO Classification
Function
binding
nucleoside binding
purine nucleoside binding
adenyl nucleotide binding
electron carrier activity
fad or fadh2 binding
Cellular Location
  1. Mitochondrion matrix
Gene Properties
Chromosome Location Chromosome:1
Locus 15q23-q25
SNPs ETFA
Gene Sequence
>1002 bp
ATGTTCCGAGCGGCGGCTCCGGGGCAGCTCCGGCGGGCGGCCTCATTGCTACGATTTCAG
AGTACCCTGGTAATAGCTGAGCATGCAAATGATTCCCTAGCACCCATTACTTTAAATACC
ATTACTGCAGCCACACGCCTTGGAGGTGAAGTGTCCTGCTTAGTAGCTGGAACCAAATGT
GACAAGGTGGCACAAGATCTCTGTAAAGTAGCAGGCATAGCAAAAGTTCTGGTGGCTCAG
CATGATGTGTACAAAGGCCTACTTCCAGAGGAACTGACACCATTGATTTTGGCAACTCAG
AAGCAGTTCAATTACACACACATCTGTGCTGGAGCATCTGCCTTCGGAAAGAACCTTTTG
CCCAGAGTAGCAGCCAAACTTGAGGTTGCCCCGATTTCTGACATCATTGCAATCAAGTCA
CCTGACACATTTGTGAGAACTATTTATGCAGGAAATGCTCTATGTACAGTGAAGTGTGAT
GAGAAAGTGAAAGTGTTTTCTGTCCGTGGAACATCCTTTGATGCTGCAGCAACAAGTGGC
GGTAGTGCCAGTTCAGAAAAGGCATCAAGTACTTCACCAGTGGAAATATCAGAGTGGCTT
GACCAGAAATTAACAAAAAGTGATCGACCAGAGCTAACAGGTGCCAAAGTGGTGGTATCT
GGTGGTCGAGGCTTGAAGAGTGGAGAGAACTTTAAGTTGTTATATGACTTGGCAGATCAA
CTACATGCTGCAGTTGGTGCTTCCCGTGCTGCTGTTGATGCTGGCTTTGTTCCCAATGAC
ATGCAAGTTGGACAGACGGGAAAAATAGTAGCACCAGAACTTTATATTGCTGTTGGAATA
TCTGGAGCCATCCAACATTTAGCTGGGATGAAAGACAGCAAGACAATTGTGGCAATTAAT
AAAGACCCAGAAGCTCCAATTTTCCAAGTGGCAGATTATGGAATAGTTGCAGATTTATTT
AAGGTAGTTCCTGAAATGACTGAGATATTGAAGAAAAAATGA
Protein Properties
Number of Residues 333
Molecular Weight 35079.2
Theoretical pI 8.57
Pfam Domain Function
Signals
  • None
Transmembrane Regions
  • None
Protein Sequence
>Electron transfer flavoprotein subunit alpha, mitochondrial
MFRAAAPGQLRRAASLLRFQSTLVIAEHANDSLAPITLNTITAATRLGGEVSCLVAGTKC
DKVAQDLCKVAGIAKVLVAQHDVYKGLLPEELTPLILATQKQFNYTHICAGASAFGKNLL
PRVAAKLEVAPISDIIAIKSPDTFVRTIYAGNALCTVKCDEKVKVFSVRGTSFDAAATSG
GSASSEKASSTSPVEISEWLDQKLTKSDRPELTGAKVVVSGGRGLKSGENFKLLYDLADQ
LHAAVGASRAAVDAGFVPNDMQVGQTGKIVAPELYIAVGISGAIQHLAGMKDSKTIVAIN
KDPEAPIFQVADYGIVADLFKVVPEMTEILKKK
GenBank ID Protein 4503607
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot ID P13804
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Entry Name ETFA_HUMAN
PDB IDs
GenBank Gene ID NM_000126.3
GeneCard ID ETFA
GenAtlas ID ETFA
HGNC ID HGNC:3481
References
General References
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