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A0A199WH22 · A0A199WH22_BACIU

  • Protein
    UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate--2,6-diaminopimelate ligase
  • Gene
    murE
  • Status
    UniProtKB unreviewed (TrEMBL)
  • Amino acids
  • Protein existence
    Inferred from homology
  • Annotation score
    4/5

Function

function

Catalyzes the addition of meso-diaminopimelic acid to the nucleotide precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate (UMAG) in the biosynthesis of bacterial cell-wall peptidoglycan.

Caution

Lacks conserved residue(s) required for the propagation of feature annotation.

Catalytic activity

Cofactor

Mg2+ (UniProtKB | Rhea| CHEBI:18420 )

Pathway

Cell wall biogenesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis.

Features

Showing features for binding site.

TypeIDPosition(s)Description
Binding site31UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site109-115ATP (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site150UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site151-152UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site178UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site186UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site384meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site408-411meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site458meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)
Binding site462meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate (UniProtKB | ChEBI)

GO annotations

AspectTerm
Cellular Componentcytoplasm
Molecular FunctionATP binding
Molecular Functionmagnesium ion binding
Molecular FunctionUDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate-2,6-diaminopimelate ligase activity
Biological Processcell division
Biological Processcell wall organization
Biological Processpeptidoglycan biosynthetic process
Biological Processregulation of cell shape

Keywords

Enzyme and pathway databases

Names & Taxonomy

Protein names

  • Recommended name
    UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate--2,6-diaminopimelate ligase
  • EC number
  • Alternative names
    • Meso-A2pm-adding enzyme
    • Meso-diaminopimelate-adding enzyme
    • UDP-MurNAc-L-Ala-D-Glu:meso-diaminopimelate ligase
    • UDP-MurNAc-tripeptide synthetase
    • UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-tripeptide synthetase

Gene names

    • Name
      murE
    • ORF names
      H9S96_07955
      , H9S96_08305

Organism names

Accessions

  • Primary accession
    A0A199WH22
  • Secondary accessions
    • A0A1Y0WLG8

Proteomes

    • Identifier
    • Component
      Chromosome, Unassembled WGS sequence

Subcellular Location

Keywords

PTM/Processing

Features

Showing features for modified residue.

TypeIDPosition(s)Description
Modified residue218N6-carboxylysine

Post-translational modification

Carboxylation is probably crucial for Mg2+ binding and, consequently, for the gamma-phosphate positioning of ATP.

Structure

3D structure databases

Family & Domains

Features

Showing features for domain, motif.

Type
IDPosition(s)Description
Domain23-80Mur ligase N-terminal catalytic
Domain107-312Mur ligase central
Domain335-460Mur ligase C-terminal
Motif408-411Meso-diaminopimelate recognition motif

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the MurCDEF family. MurE subfamily.

Family and domain databases

Sequence

  • Sequence status
    Complete
  • Length
    494
  • Mass (Da)
    54,326
  • Last updated
    2016-10-05 v1
  • MD5 Checksum
    270B80AD88F8B8974C86E8537D98D36C
MKLTKLLTYLTTEPSVNDSQDPEITSIEMDSREVKKGSLFVCVKGYTVDGHDFAQKAVENGAAAIVAEREVDVNVPVIIVRQSLRALSVLSDAFYGQPTKKLQLIGITGTNGKTSTTHMVDEILKKAGKRTGLIGTMYMKIGDETLPVKNTTPESVTLQKTFKKMNDKHVDTAIMEVSSHALSLGRVHGCDYDIAVFTNLTQDHLDYHKTMDEYRHAKSLLFSQLGGAFNHEHPKRAVLNADDEASAYFEKVTAAHISTYGIKNDADVMAKNISITAQGTSFDLVTNKGTKHITMSLVGQFNVYNVLAAVATCIAAGIPFEIITEAVEELHGVRGRFELVNQQQEFPVIVDYAHTPDSLENVLETCRDMTEGKLFVVVGCGGDRDKTKRPKMAKIAVELADEPIFTSDNPRSEDPRAILRDMEAGVENAYYHSIANREQAIFFAIANAKKGDVVLIAGKGHETYQQIGNETFDFDDAEVAARAIVELNKNKTNS

Sequence databases

Nucleotide SequenceProtein SequenceMolecule TypeStatus
JAEPVU010000009
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
MBK5972882.1
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
Genomic DNA
CP060710
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
QNN30144.1
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
Genomic DNA

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