MelA

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  • Description: alpha-galactosidase

Gene name melA
Synonyms
Essential no
Product alpha-galactosidase
Function melibiose utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Sugar catabolism
MW, pI 49 kDa, 5.84
Gene length, protein length 1296 bp, 432 aa
Immediate neighbours amyC, ytwF
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
MelA context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources

This gene is a member of the following regulons

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU30300

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing alpha-D-galactose residues in alpha-D-galactosides, including galactose oligosaccharides, galactomannans and galactohydrolase (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 4 family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • 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

Alia Lapidus, Nathalie Galleron, Alexei Sorokin, S Dusko Ehrlich
Sequencing and functional annotation of the Bacillus subtilis genes in the 200 kb rrnB-dnaB region.
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 11);3431-3441
[PubMed:9387221] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)