UniProt functional annotation for P0AEX9

UniProt code: P0AEX9.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Part of the ABC transporter complex MalEFGK involved in maltose/maltodextrin import. Binds maltose and higher maltodextrins such as maltotriose. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2026607, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2155217, ECO:0000269|PubMed:4215651, ECO:0000269|PubMed:776623}.
 
Biophysicochemical properties: Kinetic parameters: KM=0.9 uM for maltose {ECO:0000269|PubMed:776623}; KM=2 uM for maltotriose {ECO:0000269|PubMed:776623};
Subunit: The complex is composed of two ATP-binding proteins (MalK), two transmembrane proteins (MalG and MalF) and a solute-binding protein (MalE). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:2026607, ECO:0000269|PubMed:2155217}.
Subcellular location: Periplasm {ECO:0000269|PubMed:4215651}.
Induction: Induced by maltose and the transcriptional regulator MalT (PubMed:4215651). Permanently repressed by cold shock in a PNPase- dependent fashion (PubMed:14527658). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:14527658, ECO:0000269|PubMed:4215651}.
Similarity: Belongs to the bacterial solute-binding protein 1 family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.