malic enzyme, forms a transhydrogenation cycle with [protein|search|MalS ]for balancing of NADPH
function
malate utilization
product
NADP-dependent malate dehydrogenase
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.2|Carbon metabolism] → [category|SW 2.2.2|Utilization of specific carbon sources] → [category|SW 2.2.2.1|Utilization of organic acids][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.4|Phosphoproteins] → [category|SW 6.4.1|Phosphorylation on an Arg residue]Gene
Coordinates
2,989,900 → 2,991,132
Phenotypes of a mutant
Poor growth with malate as single carbon source [Pubmed|16788182]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
(S)-malate + NADP+ = pyruvate + CO2 + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot) malate <-→ pyruvateProtein family
malic enzymes family (according to Swiss-Prot)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|160EBB7885D7C7FD30A6E35605A862C156E2DA80|MleA]Structure
[PDB|1WW8] (from ''Pyrococcus horikoshii'', 46% identity, 63% similarity)[SW|Localization]
Cytoplasm (Homogeneous) [Pubmed|16479537]additional information
belongs to the 100 [SW|most abundant proteins] [PubMed|15378759]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|45229A538D5124B60CE05DDC8699B9BC3D5AD9FF|ytsJ]
description
[Pubmed|9387221]
view in new tabgenes
[gene|65B5EA4DBDF5B260DED754B8A7B226AA88F17B55|dnaE]-[gene|45229A538D5124B60CE05DDC8699B9BC3D5AD9FF|ytsJ]
description
[pubmed|22383849]
regulatory mechanism
[protein|D267AF38B0CF107042326E9B8F3DD3C9C85840E4|LexA]: repression, [PubMed|14593098,16267290], in [regulon|D267AF38B0CF107042326E9B8F3DD3C9C85840E4|LexA regulon]regulation
induced by DNA damage ([protein|D267AF38B0CF107042326E9B8F3DD3C9C85840E4|LexA]) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/14593098,16267290 PubMed]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-A176 (ytsJ::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/176 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]GP612 (spc), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labGP1143 (spc), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s labBKE29220 (Δ[gene|45229A538D5124B60CE05DDC8699B9BC3D5AD9FF|ytsJ]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE29220 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTCTCCTAAACACTCCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTTTAATTCATTCCAAABKK29220 (Δ[gene|45229A538D5124B60CE05DDC8699B9BC3D5AD9FF|ytsJ]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK29220 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATTCTCCTAAACACTCCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAATTTTAATTCATTCCAAAGFP fusion
GP1432 (spc, based on [SW|pGP1870]), available in the [SW|Stülke] labFLAG-tag construct
GP1131 (spc, based on [SW|pGP1331]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lab [pubmed|20933603]Labs working on this gene/protein
[SW|Stephane Aymerich], Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, INRA Paris-Grignon, FranceReferences
16479537,16788182,12949160,9387221,23136871,22740702,15378759