MleA

• Description: malic enzyme
  
  

Gene name	mleA
Synonyms	yqkJ
Essential	no
Product	NAD-dependent malate dehydrogenase
Function	malate utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	45 kDa, 4.895
Gene length, protein length	1317 bp, 439 aa
Immediate neighbours	yqkK, mleN
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU23550

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

Categories containing this gene/protein

utilization of specific carbon sources

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: (S)-malate + NAD⁺ = pyruvate + CO₂ + NADH (according to Swiss-Prot) malate --> pyruvate

• Protein family: malic enzymes family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s): YtsJ

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

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• Modification:

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• Interactions:

• Localization:

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P54572

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 1.1.1.38

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant: GP1136 (cat) available in Stülke lab

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: