CimH

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  • 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
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
YxkJ context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU38770

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: no entry
  • SubtiList entry: [1]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: uptake of citrate and malate (symport with protons) PubMed
  • Protein family: sodium:citrate (SCF) symporter family (according to Swiss-Prot) 2-hydroxycarboxylate transporter family
  • Paralogous protein(s): MaeN

Extended information on the protein

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

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [2]
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Additional information

Expression and regulation

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Biological materials

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Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

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