CimH

• Description: transporter for citrate and malate (proton symport)
  
  

Gene name	cimH
Synonyms	yxkJ
Essential	no
Product	transporter for citrate and malate (proton symport)
Function	citrate and malate uptake
MW, pI	48 kDa, 6.554
Gene length, protein length	1350 bp, 450 aa
Immediate neighbours	cydA, yxkI
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
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The gene

Basic information

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Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: uptake of citrate and malate (symport with protons) PubMed

• Protein family: 2-hydroxycarboxylate transporter family

• Paralogous protein(s): MaeN

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• KEGG entry: [2]

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References

1. Krom et al. (2001) Bacillus subtilis YxkJ is a secondary transporter of the 2-hydroxycarboxylate transporter family that transports L-malate and citrate. J. Bacteriol. 183: 5862-5869. PubMed