MalA

• Description: 6-phospho-alpha-glucosidase
  
  

Gene name	malA
Synonyms	glvG, glvA
Essential	no
Product	6-phospho-alpha-glucosidase
Function	maltose utilization
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: malA
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: malA
MW, pI	50 kDa, 4.74
Gene length, protein length	1347 bp, 449 aa
Immediate neighbours	yfjA, glvR
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, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CcpA regulon, GlvR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU08180

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU08180

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Maltose 6'-phosphate + H₂O = D-glucose + D-glucose 6-phosphate (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: glycosyl hydrolase 4 family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization:
  • membrane associated PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU08180

• Structure: 1U8X

• UniProt: P54716

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.122

Expression and regulation

• Operon: malA-glvR-malP PubMed

• Expression browser: malA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed

• Regulation:
  • induction by maltose (GlvR) PubMed
  • repressed by glucose (CcpA) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • GlvR: transcription activation PubMed
  • CcpA: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: