downloading nirK nitrite reductase (NO-forming) [EC:1.7.2.1] from KEGG

Question

[muhammad.ali]

I want to create an index for nirK gene in Bowtie. On KEGG nitrogen metabolism pathway, there are 8714 gene related to EC: 1.7.2.1. How can I download them all in a single FASTA file for later use in Bowtie.

Is there any fastest possible way to download these gene.

[GenoMax]

Any reason you want to get them all? This would be multi-mapping galore, if you are trying to align short read data to this set.

[muhammad.ali]

I should be in great quantities. Many ways to restrict, I'll stringent criteria etc.

Answer 1

[yzzhang]

Here is another source for downloading the nirK gene sequences fungene_nirK hope it helps