MalR

• Description: two-component response regulator, regulation of malate uptake
  
  

Gene name	malR
Synonyms	yufM
Essential	no
Product	two-component response regulator
Function	regulation of malate uptake
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Central C-metabolism
MW, pI	26 kDa, 5.976
Gene length, protein length	705 bp, 235 aa
Immediate neighbours	malK, yufN
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31530

Phenotypes of a mutant

unable to use malate as the single carbon source PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Genes/ operons controlled by MalR

maeA, maeN, yflS

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: O05251

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Stephane Aymerich, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, INRA Paris-Grignon, France