MaeN

• Description: Na+/malate symporter
  
  

Gene name	maeN
Synonyms	yufR
Essential	no
Product	Na+/malate symporter
Function	malate uptake
MW, pI	47 kDa, 8.411
Gene length, protein length	1344 bp, 448 aa
Immediate neighbours	yufQ, yufS
Gene sequence (+200bp)	Protein sequence
Genetic context

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:

• Protein family: 2-hydroxycarboxylate transporter family

• Paralogous protein(s): CimH

Extended information on the protein

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Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry:

• KEGG entry: [2]

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Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: induced by malate (MalR)

• Regulatory mechanism: MalR: transcription activation

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

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• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Tanaka, K., K. Kobayashi, and N. Ogasawara. 2003. 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 149: 2317-2329. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed