title: Genomic arrangement of a putative operon involved in maltose transport in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium leprae.
abstract: A Mycobacterium bovis gene coding for a putative MalE maltose binding protein was cloned and its full-length sequence determined. Database searches revealed 99.9% identity with IpqY, encoding a putative sugar uptake protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv. The deduced protein product showed high sequence similarity to MalE-like proteins from a variety of bacterial species, including Mycobacterium leprae. Analysis of flanking database sequences from M. tuberculosis and M. leprae revealed the presence of malF-, malG- and malK-like genes. Comparison of these mycobacterial sequences with other maltose operons has allowed us to deduce a unique genomic arrangement of the genes involved in the uptake of maltose in members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and M. leprae.
authors.affiliation: Mycobacteriology Research Laboratory, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Borich
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gormley
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008320:Maltose / Q000378:metabolism; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000235:genetics*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics*; D009876:Operon; D033902:Periplasmic Binding Proteins; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014169:Transformation, Bacterial
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C461619:MalE protein, E coli; C079123:MalG protein, E coli; C068021:MalK protein, Bacteria; C489398:MalK protein, E coli; D058619:Maltose-Binding Proteins; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; D033902:Periplasmic Binding Proteins; C461599:maltose transport system, E coli; D008320:Maltose