Protein
UDP-glucose 6-dehydrogenase YwqF
Organism
Bacillus subtilis (strain 168)
Function
Catalyzes the conversion of UDP-glucose into UDP-glucuronate, one of the precursors of teichuronic acid.
Similarity
Belongs to the UDP-glucose/GDP-mannose dehydrogenase family.
Sequence
MNITVIGTGYVGLVTGVSLSEIGHHVTCIDIDAHKIDEMRKGISPIFEPGLEELMRKNTADGRLNFETSYEKGLAQADIIFIAVGTPQKSDGHANLEQITDAAKRIAKHVKRDTVVVTKSTVPVGTNDLINGLITEHLAEPVSISVASNPEFLREGSAIYDTFHGDRIVIGTADEKTANTLEELFRPFQIPIYQTDIRSAEMIKYASNAFLATKISFINEISNICEKVGADIEAVAYGMGQDKRIGSQFLKAGIGYGGSCFPKDTNALVQIAGNVEHDFELLKSVIKVNNNQQAMLVDKALNRLGGVTGKTIALLGLSFKPNTDDMREAPSIVIADRLAALDARIRAYDPIAVSHAKHVLPQAVEYKETIEEAVKGSDAVMILTDWADIKQFPLAAYQDLMETPLIFDGRNCYTLDEALAAGVEYYSVGRKAVVPSGAIQ