Site malE
- Name: malE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4034 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Maltose
- Left End Point: 91.46
- Right End Point: 91.48
- Products:
maltose-binding protein, periplasmic MBP maltodextrin binding protein - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment cre regulon member NULL - Priority: 1
- 6 Alleles of This Gene
malE145::Tn10 malE300::Tn10 malE444(del) malE52::Tn10 malE57::Tn5 malE730(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10554 EcoliWiki malE - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: 5-thiomaltose resistance. Regulatory, loss of catabolite repression: growth on maltose + a-methylgucoside.
- References:
- Reiner, A.M. 1977. Xylitol and D-arabitol toxicities due to derepressed fructose, galactitol, and sorbitol phosphotransferases of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 132:166-173
- Ferenci, T. 1980. Methyl-a-maltoside and 5-thiomaltose: analogs transported by the Escherichia coli maltose transport system. J.Bacteriol. 144:7-11
- Bedouelle, H., P.J. Bassford, A. Fowler, I. Zabin, J.R. Beckwith, M. Hofnung 1980. Mutations which alter the function of the signal sequence of the maltose binding protein of Escherichia coli. Nature 285:78-81
- Bedouelle, H., M. Hofnung 1982. A DNA sequence containing the control regions of the malEFG and malK-lamB operons in Escherichia coli K12. Mol.Gen.Genet. 185:82-87
- Bedouelle, H., U. Schmeissner, M. Hofnung, L. Rosenberg 1982. Promoters of the malEFG and malK-lamB operons in Escherichia coli K12. J.Mol.Biol. 161:519-531
- Bedouelle, H. 1983. Mutations in the promoter regions of the malEFG and malK-lamB operons of Escherichia coli K12. J.Mol.Biol. 170:861-882
- Ohsumi, M., T. Sekiya, S. Nishimura, M. Ohki 1983. Nucleotide sequence of the regulatory region of malB operons in E. coli. J.Biochem.(Tokyo) 94:243-247
- Duplay, P., H. Bedouelle, A. Fowler, I. Zabin, W. Saurin, M. Hofnung 1984. Sequence of the malE gene and of its product, the maltose-binding protein of Escherichia coli K12. J.Biol.Chem. 259:10606-10613
- Collier, D.N., P.J. Bassford 1989. Mutations that improve export of maltose-binding protein in SecB- cells of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 171:4640-4647
- Francetic, O., M.P. Hanson, C.A. Kumamoto 1993. prlA supression of defective export of maltose-binding protein in secB mutants of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 175:4036-4044
- Richet, E. 1996. On the role of the multiple regulatory elements involved in the activation of the Escherichia coli malEp promoter. J.Mol.Biol. 264:852-862
- Betton, J., M. Hofnung 1996. Folding of a mutant maltose-binding protein of Escherichia coli which forms inclusion bodies. J.Biol.Chem. 271:8046-52
- Betton, J.M., D. Boscus, D. Missiakas, S. Raina, M. Hofnung 1996. Probing the structural role of an alpha beta loop of maltose-binding protein by mutagenesis: heat-shock induction by loop variants of the maltose-binding protein that form periplasmic in
- Blankenhorn, D., J. Phillips, J. Slonczewski 1999. Acid- and base-induced proteins during aerobic and anaerobic growth of Escherichia coli revealed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. J.Bacteriol. 181:2209-2216
- Avison, M.B., R.E. Horton, T.R. Walsh, P.M. Bennett 2001. Escherichia coli CreBC is a global regulator of gene expression that responds to growth in minimal media. J.Biol.Chem. 276:26955-26961