MalS

• Description: malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating)
  
  

Gene name	malS
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating)
Function	malate utilization
MW, pI	61 kDa, 4.895
Gene length, protein length	1698 bp, 566 aa
Immediate neighbours	ytzB, ytnP
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: malate --> pyruvate

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): MaeA YtsJ MleA

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O34389

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.38

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Doan, T., P. Servant, S. Tojo, H. Yamaguchi, G. Lerondel, K. Yoshida, Y. Fujita, and S. Aymerich. 2003. 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 149: 2331-2343. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed