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Revision as of 09:51, 17 April 2014

  • Description: UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimelate synthetase

Gene name murE
Synonyms
Essential yes PubMed
Product UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-
meso-2,6-diaminopimelate synthetase
Function peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: murE
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
murE
MW, pI 54 kDa, 5.558
Gene length, protein length 1482 bp, 494 aa
Immediate neighbours spoVD, mraY
Sequences Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context
MurE context.gif
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Expression at a glance   PubMed
MurE expression.png




























Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

stringent response

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU15180

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate + meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-gamma-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diamino-heptanedioate (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: MurE subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:

Database entries

  • Structure: 2WTZ (from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, 35% identity, 50% similarity) PubMed
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Sigma factor:
  • Regulation:
    • expressed during vegatative growth PubMed
    • RelA dependent downregulation (Class I) during stringent response PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:
    • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 297 PubMed
    • number of protein molecules per cell (complex medium with amino acids, without glucose): 1548 PubMed

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Jean van Heijenoort
Lipid intermediates in the biosynthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2007, 71(4);620-35
[PubMed:18063720] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Christine Eymann, Georg Homuth, Christian Scharf, Michael Hecker
Bacillus subtilis functional genomics: global characterization of the stringent response by proteome and transcriptome analysis.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(9);2500-20
[PubMed:11948165] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

R A Daniel, J Errington
DNA sequence of the murE-murD region of Bacillus subtilis 168.
J Gen Microbiol: 1993, 139(2);361-70
[PubMed:8436954] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A O Henriques, H de Lencastre, P J Piggot
A Bacillus subtilis morphogene cluster that includes spoVE is homologous to the mra region of Escherichia coli.
Biochimie: 1992, 74(7-8);735-48
[PubMed:1391053] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)