MleA

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  • Description: malic enzyme

Gene name mleA
Synonyms yqkJ
Essential no
Product NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase
Function malate utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Central C-metabolism
MW, pI 45 kDa, 4.895
Gene length, protein length 1317 bp, 439 aa
Immediate neighbours yqkK, mleN
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
MleA context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU23550

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (S)-malate + NAD+ = pyruvate + CO2 + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot) malate --> pyruvate
  • Protein family: malic enzymes family (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s): YtsJ

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
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Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Operon:
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Biological materials

  • Mutant: GP1136 (cat) available in Stülke lab


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

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Guillaume Lerondel, Thierry Doan, Nicola Zamboni, Uwe Sauer, Stéphane Aymerich
YtsJ has the major physiological role of the four paralogous malic enzyme isoforms in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(13);4727-36
[PubMed:16788182] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)