MalA

• Description: 6-phospho-alpha-glucosidase
  
  

Gene name	malA
Synonyms	glvG, glvA
Essential	no
Product	6-phospho-alpha-glucosidase
Function	maltose utilization
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism
MW, pI	50 kDa, 4.74
Gene length, protein length	1347 bp, 449 aa
Immediate neighbours	yfjA, glvR
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU08180

Database entries

• 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

• Structure: 1U8X

• Swiss prot entry: P54716

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number: 3.2.1.122

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

Hannes Hahne, Susanne Wolff, Michael Hecker, Dörte Becher
From complementarity to comprehensiveness--targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches.
Proteomics: 2008, 8(19);4123-36
[PubMed:18763711] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)

J Thompson, A Pikis, S B Ruvinov, B Henrissat, H Yamamoto, J Sekiguchi
The gene glvA of Bacillus subtilis 168 encodes a metal-requiring, NAD(H)-dependent 6-phospho-alpha-glucosidase. Assignment to family 4 of the glycosylhydrolase superfamily.
J Biol Chem: 1998, 273(42);27347-56
[PubMed:9765262] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

1. Reizer et al. (1999) Novel phosphotransferase system genes revealed by genome analysis - the complete complement of PTS proteins encoded within the genome of Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology 145: 3419-3429 PubMed

1. Hahne et al. (2008) From complementarity to comprehensiveness - targeting the membrane proteome of growing Bacillus subtilis by divergent approaches. Proteomics 8: 4123-4136 PubMed
2. Thompson J, Pikis A, Ruvinov SB, Henrissat B, Yamamoto H, Sekiguchi J. 1998. The gene glvA of Bacillus subtilis 168 encodes a metal-requiring, NAD(H)-dependent 6-phospho-α-glucosidase. J. Biol. Chem. 273:27347-27356. PubMed
3. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed