MaeN

• Description: Na+/malate symporter
  
  

Gene name	maeN
Synonyms	yufR
Essential	no
Product	Na+/malate symporter
Function	malate uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	47 kDa, 8.411
Gene length, protein length	1344 bp, 448 aa
Immediate neighbours	nupQ, yufS
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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Categories containing this gene/protein

transporters/ other, utilization of specific carbon sources, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

MalR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31580

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: sodium:citrate (SCF) symporter family (according to Swiss-Prot) 2-hydroxycarboxylate transporter family

• Paralogous protein(s): CimH

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

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

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: O05256

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation: induced by malate (MalR)

• Regulatory mechanism: MalR: transcription activation

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:
  • expression of native maeN in B. subtilis: pGP1951 (in pBQ200), available in Stülke lab

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: