MalK

• Description: two-component system sensor kinase, for malate utilization
  
  

Gene name	malK
Synonyms	yufL
Essential
Product	sensor kinase
Function	control of malate untilization
MW, pI	58 kDa, 6.947
Gene length, protein length	1599 bp, 533 aa
Immediate neighbours
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

The gene

Basic information

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Phenotypes of a mutant

unable to use malate as the single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: sensor kinase

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

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• Effectors of protein activity:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry:

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Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Tanaka, K., K. Kobayashi, and N. Ogasawara. 2003. The Bacillus subtilis YufLM two-component system regulates the expression of the malate transporters MaeN (YufR) and YflS, and is essential for utilization of malate in minimal medium. Microbiology 149: 2317-2329. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed