ID MAOC_SOLLC Reviewed; 573 AA. AC P37222; DT 01-OCT-1994, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-OCT-1994, sequence version 1. DT 16-JUN-2009, entry version 63. DE RecName: Full=NADP-dependent malic enzyme, chloroplastic; DE Short=NADP-ME; DE EC=1.1.1.40; DE Flags: Fragment; OS Solanum lycopersicum (Tomato) (Lycopersicon esculentum). OC Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; OC Spermatophyta; Magnoliophyta; eudicotyledons; core eudicotyledons; OC asterids; lamiids; Solanales; Solanaceae; Solanoideae; Solaneae; OC Solanum; Lycopersicon. OX NCBI_TaxID=4081; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA]. RC STRAIN=cv. Rutgers; RA Finger F.L., Knee M., Lagrimini L.M.A.; RT "Isolation of a cDNA clone for tomato fruit NADP+ malic enzyme."; RL Submitted (JAN-1994) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. CC -!- FUNCTION: The chloroplastic ME isoform decarboxylates malate CC shuttled from neighboring mesophyll cells. The CO(2) released is CC then refixed by ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase. This pathway CC eliminates the photorespiratory loss of CO(2) that occurs in most CC plants. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: (S)-malate + NADP(+) = pyruvate + CO(2) + CC NADPH. CC -!- COFACTOR: Divalent metal cations. Prefers magnesium or manganese CC (By similarity). CC -!- PATHWAY: Photosynthesis; C4 acid pathway. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Homotetramer (By similarity). CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the malic enzymes family. CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see http://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs License CC ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; L27509; AAA34174.1; -; mRNA. DR PIR; T07088; T07088. DR HSSP; P40927; 1GQ2. DR BRENDA; 1.1.1.40; 281054. DR GO; GO:0009507; C:chloroplast; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0004473; F:malate dehydrogenase (oxaloacetate-decarbox...; IEA:EC. DR GO; GO:0046872; F:metal ion binding; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR GO; GO:0051287; F:NAD or NADH binding; IEA:InterPro. DR GO; GO:0006108; P:malate metabolic process; IEA:InterPro. DR GO; GO:0055114; P:oxidation reduction; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. DR InterPro; IPR015884; Malic_enzyme_CS. DR InterPro; IPR012301; Malic_N. DR InterPro; IPR012302; Malic_NAD_bd. DR InterPro; IPR001891; Malic_OxRdtase. DR InterPro; IPR016040; NAD(P)-bd_dom. DR Gene3D; G3DSA:3.40.50.720; NAD(P)-bd; 1. DR Pfam; PF00390; malic; 1. DR Pfam; PF03949; Malic_M; 1. DR PRINTS; PR00072; MALOXRDTASE. DR PROSITE; PS00331; MALIC_ENZYMES; 1. PE 2: Evidence at transcript level; KW Chloroplast; Metal-binding; NAD; NADP; Oxidoreductase; Plastid. FT CHAIN <1 573 NADP-dependent malic enzyme, FT chloroplastic. FT /FTId=PRO_0000160199. FT NP_BIND 318 334 NADP (By similarity). FT ACT_SITE 123 123 Proton donor (By similarity). FT ACT_SITE 194 194 Proton acceptor (By similarity). FT METAL 265 265 Divalent metal cation (By similarity). FT METAL 266 266 Divalent metal cation (By similarity). FT METAL 289 289 Divalent metal cation (By similarity). FT BINDING 176 176 NAD (By similarity). FT BINDING 289 289 NAD (By similarity). FT BINDING 430 430 NAD (By similarity). FT SITE 289 289 Important for activity (By similarity). FT NON_TER 1 1 SQ SEQUENCE 573 AA; 63561 MW; 13846E61206F8E75 CRC64; IRHESTVTGG VQDVYGEDSA TEDQSITPWT LSVASGFSLL RNPHYNKGLA FSERERDTHY LRGLLPPVVI SHDLQVKKMM NSIRKYDVPL QRYMAMMDLQ EMNERLFYKL LIDNVEELLP IVYTPTVGEA CQKYGWIFKR PQGLFFSLKE KGKIHEVLKN WPEKKIQVIV VTDGERILGL GDLGCQGMGI PVGKLSLYSA LGGIRPSACL PVTIDVGQTM KFVDDEFYIG LRQRRATGQE YSELLDEFMY AVKQNYGEKV LIQFEDFANH NAFNLLAKYG TSHLVFNDDI QGTASVVLAG LMAALNLVGG SLSEHTFLFL GAGEAGTGIA ELIALEMSKQ TGIPLEETRK KIWMVDSKGL IVKSRMEMLQ HFKRPWAHDH EPVQELVNAV KSIKPTVLIG SSGAGRTFTK EVVQAMATFN EKPIIFALSN PTSQSECTAE EAYSWSEGRA IFASGSPFAP VEYNGKVYAS GQANNAYIFP GFGLGLIISG AIRVHDDMLL VASEALADEV SQENFEKGTH IPPFSNIRKI SAHIAKVAAK AYELGLATRL PQPKDLVAYA ESCMYSPAYR SYR //