UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine synthetase
function
peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
product
UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6- diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine synthetase
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][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.2|Cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y)][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.1|Essential genes]Gene
Coordinates
509,384 → 510,757
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|12682299]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
ATP UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-L-lysine D-alanyl-D-alanine = ADP phosphate UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine (according to Swiss-Prot)Protein family
[SW|MurCDEF family] (according to UniProt)Structure
[PDB|1GG4] (from ''Escherichia coli'', 32% identity, 50% similarity) [Pubmed|11090285][SW|Localization]
cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)forms banded patterns along the length of the cell, this pattern formation depends on [protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB] [Pubmed|20233306]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|A47DBF8546E0F726A0FE58C21D3F28150290DF7F|ddl]-[gene|EC9F1D4F1863E53A818A51B0E16B201A251F077E|murF]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
sigma factors
[protein|081DF3EE9FA56209D648C7677188C61CE3AA8E41|SigM]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|18179421], in [regulon|081DF3EE9FA56209D648C7677188C61CE3AA8E41|SigM regulon][protein|D04629D798E458AD538809BB2B150B7FA81D2C7E|SigV]: sigma factor, in [regulon|D04629D798E458AD538809BB2B150B7FA81D2C7E|SigV regulon]regulation
expression is reduced in a [protein|D04629D798E458AD538809BB2B150B7FA81D2C7E|SigV] mutant [Pubmed|21926231]the leader mRNA is processed upstream of [gene|A47DBF8546E0F726A0FE58C21D3F28150290DF7F|ddl] by [protein|872CCB5A49C9000BD95E4B0472556D5F60F7D7A4|RNase Y], this requires the [protein|EE52DFA35B935E551871D079A9BE877DB2001A3B|YmcA]-[protein|6C9A092F38739A3759793EF8B496569CD02C2E3F|YlbF]-[protein|EBD15C174A03B7FCDFFE4C5DB5D86E93F1B9CAC4|YaaT] complex [Pubmed|29794222]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
MGNA-C105 (murF::erm), available at the [https://shigen.nig.ac.jp/bsub/resource/strainGeneDisrupted/detail/2103 NBRP B. subtilis, Japan]References
18063720,18179421,20233306