Protein target profile

VK055_2489

acetolactate synthase, small subunit

Genome: KpATCC43816 Gene: AIK81086.1 ilvN 3D evidence: AlphaFold DB model + ColabFold model Metabolism 2 reactions UniProt A0A0H3GN79

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Length 163

Pocket druggability 0.712

Metabolic reactions 2

Chokepoint Yes

Direct ligand evidence 0 53 total records

Functional annotation 1 EC 6 GO

Target summary

Strong target candidate with converging metabolic, structural and chemical evidence.

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Main supporting evidence

Metabolic bottleneck Catalyzes a reaction that is the only producer or consumer of a metabolite in the imported metabolic model. Central metabolic position More central than 93.8% of genes in this genome. No similar human protein detected The current BLAST sequence screen did not find a significant human match, lowering apparent off-target risk. Core gene across strains Marked as conserved by both pan-genome tools: Roary and CoreCruncher. Review the complete evidence below

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Evidence coverage

Core evidence streams are available for this target.

Terms and data sources used on this page

PDB: experimentally determined structures from the Protein Data Bank. These are the strongest structural evidence, but may cover only part of the protein.

AlphaFold DB model: a precomputed predicted structure downloaded from AlphaFold Database/UniProt, not an experiment performed here.

ColabFold model: a predicted structure generated for this workspace; interpret it with coverage and confidence.

pLDDT: confidence score for predicted structures. High values support local geometry; low values mean the region should not drive pocket interpretation.

FPocket / P2Rank: software tools that predict possible ligand-binding pockets on a 3D structure. They are useful screening signals, not experimental validation.

Druggability: a pocket-based estimate of whether a small molecule could bind productively. It does not mean a drug already exists.

PDB ligand: a compound observed in an experimental structure. Direct same-protein records are stronger than homolog-transferred records.

ChEMBL: a public database of measured compound bioactivity. Direct entries are stronger than entries transferred from similar proteins.

ZINC: a purchasable-compound database. Here it marks proposed candidates from chemical similarity, not measured binders.

LigQ / LigQ_2: an internal Target pipeline step that gathers PDB, ChEMBL, and ZINC ligand evidence for each protein.

Off-target: sequence similarity to proteins we prefer not to hit, such as human proteins or beneficial gut microbiome proteins.

DEG: Database of Essential Genes. A match suggests the protein resembles genes known to be essential in other organisms.

Roary / CoreCruncher: pan-genome tools used to decide whether a gene is core across analyzed strains or accessory/strain-specific.

EC / GO: functional annotations: EC describes enzyme reactions; GO describes biological process, molecular function, or cellular component.

KEGG pathway: a curated metabolic route label used here to group reactions imported from the metabolic model.

Chokepoint: a metabolic reaction that is the only producer or consumer of a metabolite in the imported model.

Prioritization evidence

Selectivity, essentiality, structural confidence, conservation, and predicted binding-site evidence.

Off-target risk

Human off-target: No hit
Gut microbiome similarity: 6.4% of screened genomes Lower prevalence suggests narrower overlap with the screened gut microbiome.

Essentiality

Essential (DEG): Y
DEG identity (%): 66.049 Higher values support similarity to known essential genes.
DEG E-value: 2.94e-76 Smaller values mean stronger essential-gene similarity.

Localization

Localization: Cytoplasmic

Structure confidence

ColabFold pLDDT: 94.32 0-100 confidence; >70 supports local structural interpretation.

Binding-site evidence

AlphaFold DB / UniProt model

The selected pocket score is the FPocket value used for ranking after applying the curated structure priority. It estimates small-molecule pocket quality; it is not experimental binding evidence. The 3D viewer may show a different loaded structure, so visible pockets can differ.

FPocket 0.712

Structure A0A0H3GN79

Pocket Pocket 1

P2Rank 0.003

Structure A0A0H3GN79

Pocket Pocket 1

ColabFold model

FPocket 0.644 · Pocket 1

P2Rank 0.002 · Pocket 1

Core conservation Conserved core gene

Roary core

CoreCruncher core

Gut microbiome 302 / 4744 genomes with a hit

Prevalence 6.4%

Cross-references

External database identifiers for this protein, its structures, ligands, and metabolic reactions.

Sequence

UniProt A0A0H3GN79

Pathways

KEGG R08648 BioCyc ACETOOHBUTSYN-RXN KEGG R00226 BioCyc ACETOLACTSYN-RXN

Metabolic context

Reactions catalyzed, pathway membership, and centrality in the genome-scale metabolic network.

Explore metabolic network

Attractive metabolic target: catalyzes a producing chokepoint reaction in Butanoate metabolism, more central than 93.8% of genes in this genome, no human homolog detected.

Relative network centrality 93.8% more central than 93.8% of genes in this genome

Chokepoint Chokepoint gene

Imported from KpATCC43816.sbml · 2026-07-09

Sequence

Primary amino-acid sequence viewer.

MRRILSVLLENESGALSRVIGLFSQRGYNIESLTVAPTDDPTLSRMTIQTVGDEKAIEQIEKQLHKLVDVLRVSELGQGAHVEREIMLVKVQASGYGREEVKRNTEIFRGQIIDVTPSIYTVQLAGTSDKLDAFLASLRDVARIVEVARSGVVGLSRGDKIMR

Functional annotations

Enzyme classification and Gene Ontology terms linked to this protein.

1 EC 6 GO

Enzyme Commission (EC)

2.2.1.6

Gene Ontology (GO)

GO:1990610 Binds to and modulates the activity of acetolactate synthase.
GO:0009082 The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of amino acids containing a branched carbon skeleton, comprising isoleucine, leucine and valine.
GO:0005829 The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes.
GO:0003984 Catalysis of the reaction: H+ + 2 pyruvate = (2S)-2-acetolactate + CO2. Can also convert 2-oxobutanoate and pyruvate to (S)-2-ethyl-2-hydroxy-3-oxobutanoate.
GO:0009097 OBSOLETE. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of isoleucine, (2R*,3R*)-2-amino-3-methylpentanoic acid.
GO:0009099 The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of valine, 2-amino-3-methylbutanoic acid.

Sequence domains and features

Domain and signature matches imported from InterPro and related databases.

25 records

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Start	End	DB	Term	Name
3	74	CDD	cd04878	ACT_AHAS
3	74	InterPro	IPR039557	AHAS, ACT domain
79	162	SUPERFAMILY	SSF55021	ACT-like
79	162	InterPro	IPR045865	ACT-like domain
84	158	Pfam	PF10369	Small subunit of acetolactate synthase
84	158	InterPro	IPR019455	Acetolactate synthase, small subunit, C-terminal
1	79	Gene3D	G3DSA:3.30.70.260	-
83	160	FunFam	G3DSA:3.30.70.1150:FF:000001	Acetolactate synthase small subunit
1	17	Phobius	SIGNAL_PEPTIDE	Signal peptide region
12	73	Pfam	PF13710	ACT domain
83	163	Gene3D	G3DSA:3.30.70.1150	-
83	163	InterPro	IPR027271	Acetolactate synthase/Transcription factor NikR, C-terminal
1	159	NCBIfam	TIGR00119	acetolactate synthase small subunit
1	159	InterPro	IPR004789	Acetolactate synthase, small subunit
18	163	Phobius	NON_CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN	Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the extracellular region.
2	159	PANTHER	PTHR30239	ACETOLACTATE SYNTHASE SMALL SUBUNIT
2	159	InterPro	IPR004789	Acetolactate synthase, small subunit
4	78	ProSiteProfiles	PS51671	ACT domain profile.
4	78	InterPro	IPR002912	ACT domain
4	9	Phobius	SIGNAL_PEPTIDE_H_REGION	Hydrophobic region of a signal peptide.
1	79	FunFam	G3DSA:3.30.70.260:FF:000001	Acetolactate synthase, small subunit
2	74	SUPERFAMILY	SSF55021	ACT-like
2	74	InterPro	IPR045865	ACT-like domain
1	3	Phobius	SIGNAL_PEPTIDE_N_REGION	N-terminal region of a signal peptide.
10	17	Phobius	SIGNAL_PEPTIDE_C_REGION	C-terminal region of a signal peptide.

3D structure

Selected loaded structure. Experimental PDB entries may cover only a portion of the sequence; AlphaFold DB and ColabFold models typically cover the full protein but remain computational predictions.

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Uniform protein color marks the displayed model as a single molecular object.

Experimental PDB structures may be colored by chain to distinguish subunits or copies present in the file.

Pocket colors and alpha spheres are evidence overlays for predicted binding cavities; they are not alternative protein chains.

'Alpha spheres' is FPocket's own cavity-shape geometry, imported when available and aligned with the loaded structure.

'Pocket atoms'/'Predicted site atoms' show the pocket's residue atoms instead: P2Rank reports residues rather than alpha spheres, and FPocket falls back to this when alpha-sphere geometry is unavailable or doesn't align.

'No pocket geometry' means neither alpha spheres nor residue-position data could be found for that pocket; the layer just highlights the same residues as 'Nearby residues'.

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Binding pockets · FPocket

Druggability: high ≥ 0.7 · medium 0.4–0.69 · low < 0.4

Site 1 FPocket #1

0.712

Unusual size

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Surrounding area

Binding pockets · P2Rank

Probability: high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2

Site 1 P2Rank #1

0.003

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Surrounding area

All structural evidence 0 experimental · 2 predicted

Structural evidence

0 + 2

Experimental PDB entries plus predicted AlphaFold DB or ColabFold models. Click Switch to display a different loaded structure in the viewer.

Entry	Method	Resolution	Chain	Coverage	Links	Status
AlphaFold DB AF_A0A0H3GN79	AlphaFold DB	—	—	full sequence	—	Viewing
ColabFold VK055_2489	ColabFold	—	—	full sequence	—	Loaded

Ligand evidence

Ligands grouped by evidence source. PDB ligands keep the source crystal visible, and loaded crystals can be opened directly in the structure viewer.

53 records

Chemistry signal

Structural ligand evidence is available for this target.

Direct evidence 0 same-protein records

Transferred evidence 3 records from similar proteins

Structural ligands 3 0 loaded crystals

Measured bioactivity 0 direct and transferred ChEMBL records

Proposed compounds 50 similarity-based ZINC candidates

Best available ligand signal

8GF PDB via homolog 109.1 Da · LogP 0.37 · TPSA 51.8 Open detail RCSB PDB

DPO PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB

P33 PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB

ZINC12501520 ZINC proposed compound · Tanimoto 1.000 Detail ZINC

ZINC3874716 ZINC proposed compound · Tanimoto 1.000 Detail ZINC

Highest-confidence structural evidence: ligands co-crystallized with this exact protein. If the source PDB is loaded in Target, use Open crystal to inspect it in the structure viewer.

No PDB structure with a co-crystallized ligand found for this exact protein.

Structural evidence inferred from similar proteins. The source crystal indicates where the ligand was observed; the UniProt column identifies the homologous protein carrying that ligand.

Ligand	Source crystal	UniProt (homolog)	MW · LogP · TPSA	Lipinski	PAINS	SMILES
8GF RCSB PDB	6WO1	P25605	109.1 Da LogP 0.37 TPSA 51.8	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`Cc1nccc(n1)N`
DPO RCSB PDB	6WO1	P25605	173.9 Da LogP -3.34 TPSA 135.6	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`[O-]P(=O)([O-])OP(=O)([O-])[O-]`
P33 RCSB PDB	2F1F	P00894	326.4 Da LogP -0.93 TPSA 95.8	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`C(COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO)O`

Experimental bioactivity from ChEMBL measured directly on this protein. Score = pchembl (−log Ki/IC₅₀; higher = more potent).

No ChEMBL bioactivity data found for this exact protein.

Bioactivity inferred from similar proteins in ChEMBL. Score = pchembl (−log Ki/IC₅₀; higher = more potent).

No ChEMBL hits found through similar proteins.

Proposed virtual-screening candidates from ZINC. Score = Tanimoto similarity to a known binder (0–1; higher = more similar).

Ligand	Tanimoto	MW · LogP · TPSA	Lipinski	PAINS	SMILES
ZINC12501520 ZINC	1.000	458.5 Da LogP -0.88 TPSA 123.5	1 viol.	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC3874716 ZINC	1.000	414.5 Da LogP -0.90 TPSA 114.3	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC4283769 ZINC	1.000	238.3 Da LogP -0.96 TPSA 77.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC4521548 ZINC	1.000	282.3 Da LogP -0.95 TPSA 86.6	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC5178829 ZINC	1.000	326.4 Da LogP -0.93 TPSA 95.8	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC5178830 ZINC	1.000	370.4 Da LogP -0.91 TPSA 105.1	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC115086873 ZINC	0.688	209.2 Da LogP -1.08 TPSA 83.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`NOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC137432264 ZINC	0.688	457.6 Da LogP -0.91 TPSA 129.3	1 viol.	✓ Clean	`NCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC146143823 ZINC	0.688	237.3 Da LogP -1.00 TPSA 83.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`NCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC1542984442 ZINC	0.688	413.5 Da LogP -0.93 TPSA 120.1	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`NCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC1565503710 ZINC	0.688	254.3 Da LogP -0.03 TPSA 57.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCS`
ZINC1580161 ZINC	0.688	208.3 Da LogP -0.33 TPSA 57.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`COCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC16052118 ZINC	0.688	340.4 Da LogP -0.28 TPSA 84.8	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC16052257 ZINC	0.688	384.5 Da LogP -0.26 TPSA 94.1	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC1857792028 ZINC	0.688	430.6 Da LogP 0.04 TPSA 94.1	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCS`
ZINC1857792057 ZINC	0.688	474.6 Da LogP 0.06 TPSA 103.3	1 viol.	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCS`
ZINC230494776 ZINC	0.688	325.4 Da LogP -0.96 TPSA 101.6	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`NCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC34317654 ZINC	0.688	472.6 Da LogP -0.23 TPSA 112.5	1 viol.	✓ Clean	`COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC38917157 ZINC	0.688	210.3 Da LogP -0.04 TPSA 47.9	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCS`
ZINC44076059 ZINC	0.688	428.5 Da LogP -0.24 TPSA 103.3	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC5210101 ZINC	0.688	252.3 Da LogP -0.31 TPSA 66.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC5650743 ZINC	0.688	222.3 Da LogP 0.07 TPSA 57.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`CCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC5997860 ZINC	0.688	296.4 Da LogP -0.29 TPSA 75.6	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC6403917 ZINC	0.688	354.4 Da LogP 0.11 TPSA 84.8	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC77271182 ZINC	0.688	281.3 Da LogP -0.98 TPSA 92.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`NCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC83253921 ZINC	0.688	369.5 Da LogP -0.95 TPSA 110.9	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`NCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC90741446 ZINC	0.688	386.5 Da LogP 0.02 TPSA 84.8	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCS`
ZINC90741447 ZINC	0.688	298.4 Da LogP -0.01 TPSA 66.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCS`
ZINC144169243 ZINC	0.647	281.3 Da LogP -1.37 TPSA 89.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCNCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC205758716 ZINC	0.647	457.6 Da LogP -1.31 TPSA 126.3	1 viol.	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCCNCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC575441396 ZINC	0.647	369.5 Da LogP -1.34 TPSA 107.9	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCNCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC1644613 ZINC	0.611	206.3 Da LogP 0.83 TPSA 47.9	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`CCCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC258839852 ZINC	0.611	276.3 Da LogP 0.61 TPSA 57.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCOCCOCCOCC(F)(F)F`
ZINC167715346 ZINC	0.600	266.3 Da LogP -0.18 TPSA 77.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCCOCCOCCOCCOCCCO`
ZINC34160867 ZINC	0.600	222.3 Da LogP -0.20 TPSA 68.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCCOCCOCCOCCCO`
ZINC1580159 ZINC	0.588	210.3 Da LogP -0.26 TPSA 58.9	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`OCCOCCSCCOCCO`
ZINC1542984426 ZINC	0.579	428.5 Da LogP -0.80 TPSA 131.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`O=C(O)COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC207588231 ZINC	0.579	207.3 Da LogP -0.75 TPSA 60.0	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`CNCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC2555269 ZINC	0.579	220.3 Da LogP 1.22 TPSA 47.9	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`CCCCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC258828116 ZINC	0.579	452.5 Da LogP -0.24 TPSA 103.3	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`C#CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC258836919 ZINC	0.579	364.4 Da LogP -0.27 TPSA 84.8	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`C#CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC33967025 ZINC	0.579	252.3 Da LogP -0.87 TPSA 94.5	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`O=C(O)COCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC39267847 ZINC	0.579	208.2 Da LogP -0.89 TPSA 85.2	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`O=C(O)COCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC575440725 ZINC	0.579	295.4 Da LogP -1.03 TPSA 80.6	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`CN(CCOCCOCCO)CCOCCOCCO`
ZINC83254085 ZINC	0.579	354.4 Da LogP -0.45 TPSA 112.9	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`O=C(O)CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC83254087 ZINC	0.579	266.3 Da LogP -0.48 TPSA 94.5	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`O=C(O)CCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC95920522 ZINC	0.579	296.3 Da LogP -0.85 TPSA 103.7	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`O=C(O)COCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC96503366 ZINC	0.579	408.5 Da LogP -0.26 TPSA 94.1	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`C#CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC96503406 ZINC	0.579	276.3 Da LogP -0.31 TPSA 66.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`C#CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`
ZINC96503526 ZINC	0.579	442.5 Da LogP -0.41 TPSA 131.4	✓ Ro5	✓ Clean	`O=C(O)CCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCOCCO`

PDB and ChEMBL records on this protein are shown in full. ChEMBL records from similar proteins are capped at the top 100 per protein (by pchembl) and ZINC at the top 50 (Tanimoto ≥ 0.5). ADME columns are descriptor-based screening flags, not experimental toxicity results.