MaeN

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  • Description: Na+/malate symporter

Gene name maeN
Synonyms yufR
Essential no
Product Na+/malate symporter
Function malate uptake
MW, pI 47 kDa, 8.411
Gene length, protein length 1344 bp, 448 aa
Immediate neighbours yufQ, yufS
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
MaeN context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU31580

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:
  • Protein family: sodium:citrate (SCF) symporter family (according to Swiss-Prot) 2-hydroxycarboxylate transporter family
  • Paralogous protein(s): CimH

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
  • Regulation: induced by malate (MalR)
  • Regulatory mechanism: MalR: transcription activation
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

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