MelA
- Description: alpha-galactosidase
| Gene name | melA |
| Synonyms | |
| Essential | no |
| Product | alpha-galactosidase |
| Function | melibiose utilization |
| Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Sugar catabolism | |
| MW, pI | 49 kDa, 5.84 |
| Gene length, protein length | 1296 bp, 432 aa |
| Immediate neighbours | amyC, ytwF |
| Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
Genetic context 
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU30300
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: Hydrolysis of terminal, non-reducing alpha-D-galactose residues in alpha-D-galactosides, including galactose oligosaccharides, galactomannans and galactohydrolase (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:
Database entries
- Structure:
- Swiss prot entry: O34645
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number: 3.2.1.22 2
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Operon: melA
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
