murAB [Mon Aug 31 2015 13:57:18 GMT+0200 (CEST)]

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase

locus: BSU37100

pI: 5.83

mw: 45.00 kDa

function: peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis

product: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase

essential: no

ec: 2.5.1.7

synonyms: murZ, lssF, rev-4

Genomic Context

categories

• [category|SW 1|Cellular processes] → [category|SW 1.1|Cell envelope and cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.1|Cell wall synthesis] → [category|SW 1.1.1.1|Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan]
• [category|SW 2|Metabolism] → [category|SW 2.6|Additional metabolic pathways] → [category|SW 2.6.1|Biosynthesis of cell wall components] → [category|SW 2.6.1.1|Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan]

syns: murZ, lssF, rev-4

[SW|Categories] containing this gene/protein

• [SW|cell wall synthesis], [SW|biosynthesis of cell wall components]

The protein

Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity

• Phosphoenolpyruvate + UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine = phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-3-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-D-glucosamine (according to Swiss-Prot)

Protein family

• MurA subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

Paralogous protein(s)

• [SW|MurAA]

Structure

• [PDB|3SG1] (from ''B. anthracis'', 50% identity, 81% similarity)

[SW|Localization]

• cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Expression and Regulation

Operon

• '' [SW|murAB]-[protein|search|glpX]'' [Pubmed|19270101]

Regulation

• constitutive [Pubmed|19270101]

Biological materials

Expression vector

• pGP2595: (IPTG inducible expression, purification in ''E. coli'' with N-terminal His-tag, in [SW|pWH844]), available in [SW|Jörg Stülke]'s lab

References

Reviews

• 21822642

Original publications

• 19270101