MtlA

• Description: trigger enzyme: mannitol-specific phosphotransferase system, EIICBA
  
  

Gene name	mtlA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	trigger enzyme: mannitol-specific phosphotransferase system, EIICBA
Function	mannitol uptake and phosphorylation, control of MtlR activity
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	65 kDa, 8.778
Gene length, protein length	1830 bp, 610 aa
Immediate neighbours	ycnL, mtlD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU03981

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein EIIA N(pi)-phospho-L-histidine + protein EIIB = protein EIIA + protein EIIB N(pi)-phospho-L-histidine/cysteine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: PTS permease, fructose/ mannitol permease (Fru) family PubMed

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylation on Ser-559 PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: MtlA-MtlR

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P42956

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.69

Expression and regulation

• Operon: mtlA-mtlD PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: