Protein
UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate--2,6-diaminopimelate ligase
Organism
Escherichia coli (strain K12)
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. Is also able to use many meso-diaminopimelate analogs as substrates, although much less efficiently, but not L-lysine.
Similarity
Belongs to the MurCDEF family. MurE subfamily.
Sequence
MADRNLRDLLAPWVPDAPSRALREMTLDSRVAAAGDLFVAVVGHQADGRRYIPQAIAQGVAAIIAEAKDEATDGEIREMHGVPVIYLSQLNERLSALAGRFYHEPSDNLRLVGVTGTNGKTTTTQLLAQWSQLLGEISAVMGTVGNGLLGKVIPTENTTGSAVDVQHELAGLVDQGATFCAMEVSSHGLVQHRVAALKFAASVFTNLSRDHLDYHGDMEHYEAAKWLLYSEHHCGQAIINADDEVGRRWLAKLPDAVAVSMEDHINPNCHGRWLKATEVNYHDSGATIRFSSSWGDGEIESHLMGAFNVSNLLLALATLLALGYPLADLLKTAARLQPVCGRMEVFTAPGKPTVVVDYAHTPDALEKALQAARLHCAGKLWCVFGCGGDRDKGKRPLMGAIAEEFADVAVVTDDNPRTEEPRAIINDILAGMLDAGHAKVMEGRAEAVTCAVMQAKENDVVLVAGKGHEDYQIVGNQRLDYSDRVTVARLLGVIA