MalR

• Description: two-component response regulator, regulation of malate uptake
  
  

Gene name	malR
Synonyms	yufM
Essential	no
Product	two-component response regulator
Function	regulation of malate uptake
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: malR
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: MalR
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: malR
MW, pI	26 kDa, 5.976
Gene length, protein length	705 bp, 235 aa
Immediate neighbours	malK, nupN
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources, transcription factors and their control, phosphoproteins

The MalR regulon:

• maeA-ywkB, maeN, yflS

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31530

Phenotypes of a mutant

unable to use malate as the single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylated by MalK on an Asp residue

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity: phosphorylation likely affects DNA-binding activity

• Interactions:
  • MalK-MalR

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O05251

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: malR PubMed

• Expression browser: malR PubMed

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP1301 (cat), available in Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Stephane Aymerich, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, INRA Paris-Grignon, France

References

Thierry Doan, Pascale Servant, Shigeo Tojo, Hirotake Yamaguchi, Guillaume Lerondel, Ken-Ichi Yoshida, Yasutaro Fujita, Stéphane Aymerich
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 (Reading): 2003, 149(Pt 9);2331-2343
[PubMed:12949160] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Kousei Tanaka, Kazuo Kobayashi, Naotake Ogasawara
The Bacillus subtilis YufLM two-component system regulates the expression of the malate transporters MaeN (YufR) and YflS, and is essential for utilization of malate in minimal medium.
Microbiology (Reading): 2003, 149(Pt 9);2317-2329
[PubMed:12949159] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

C Fabret, V A Feher, J A Hoch
Two-component signal transduction in Bacillus subtilis: how one organism sees its world.
J Bacteriol: 1999, 181(7);1975-83
[PubMed:10094672] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Bauke Oudega, Gregory Koningstein, Luísa Rodrigues, Maria de Sales Ramon, Helmut Hilbert, Andreas Düsterhöft, Thomas M Pohl, Thomas Weitzenegger
Analysis of the Bacillus subtilis genome: cloning and nucleotide sequence of a 62 kb region between 275 degrees (rrnB) and 284 degrees (pai).
Microbiology (Reading): 1997, 143 ( Pt 8);2769-2774
[PubMed:9274030] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)