MalP

• Description: maltose-specific phosphotransferase system, EIICB
  
  

Gene name	malP
Synonyms	glvC
Essential	no
Product	maltose-specific phosphotransferase system, EIICB
Function	maltose uptake and phosphorylation
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	57 kDa, 8.872
Gene length, protein length	1581 bp, 527 aa
Immediate neighbours	glvR, yfiB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU08200

Phenotypes of a mutant

no growth on maltose as single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Protein EIIB N(pi)-phospho-L-histidine/cysteine + sugar = protein EIIB + sugar phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: PTS permease, glucose permease (Glc) family PubMed

• Paralogous protein(s):

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:

• Swiss prot entry: P54715

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 2.7.1.69

Expression and regulation

• Operon: malA-glvR-malP

• Sigma factor: SigA

• Regulation: repressed by glucose (CcpA)

• Regulatory mechanism: CcpA: transcription repression

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Stefan Schönert, Sabine Seitz, Holger Krafft, Eva-Anne Feuerbaum, Iris Andernach, Gabriele Witz, Michael K Dahl
Maltose and maltodextrin utilization by Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(11);3911-22
[PubMed:16707683] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jonathan Reizer, Steffi Bachem, Aiala Reizer, Maryvonne Arnaud, Milton H Saier, Jörg Stülke
Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 1999, 145 ( Pt 12);3419-3429
[PubMed:10627040] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)