YtsJ

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  • Description: malic enzyme, forms a transhydrogenation cycle with MalS for balancing of NADPH

Gene name ytsJ
Synonyms
Essential no
Product NADP-dependent malate dehydrogenase
Function malate utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ytsJ
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Central C-metabolism
MW, pI 43 kDa, 5.046
Gene length, protein length 1230 bp, 410 aa
Immediate neighbours accD, dnaE
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
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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: BSU29220

Phenotypes of a mutant

Poor growth with malate as single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

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

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

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

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: Cytoplasm (Homogeneous) PubMed cytoplasm protein PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure: 1WW8 (from Pyrococcus horikoshii, 46% identity, 63% similarity)
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant: GP612 (spc), available in Stülke lab
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • FLAG-tag construct: GP1032 (spc, based on pGP1331), available in the Stülke lab
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Stephane Aymerich, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, INRA Paris-Grignon, France

Your additional remarks

References

Martin Rühl, Dominique Le Coq, Stéphane Aymerich, Uwe Sauer
13C-flux analysis reveals NADPH-balancing transhydrogenation cycles in stationary phase of nitrogen-starving Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 2012, 287(33);27959-70
[PubMed:22740702] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)

Jean-Christophe Meile, Ling Juan Wu, S Dusko Ehrlich, Jeff Errington, Philippe Noirot
Systematic localisation of proteins fused to the green fluorescent protein in Bacillus subtilis: identification of new proteins at the DNA replication factory.
Proteomics: 2006, 6(7);2135-46
[PubMed:16479537] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Thierry Doan, Pascale Servant, Shigeo Tojo, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Guillaume Lerondel, Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Yasutaro Fujita, Stéphane Aymerich
The Bacillus subtilis ywkA gene encodes a malic enzyme and its transcription is activated by the YufL/YufM two-component system in response to malate.
Microbiology (Reading): 2003, 149(Pt 9);2331-2343
[PubMed:12949160] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

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)