Protein
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase
Organism
Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 2 (strain D39 / NCTC 7466)
Function
Cell wall formation. Adds enolpyruvyl to UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (By similarity). Target for the antibiotic fosfomycin. Involved in heteroresistance to antibiotic fosfomycin. Heteroresistance is the ability of a clonal population to grow one or several subpopulations at a frequency of 10(-7) to 10(-3) in the presence of a higher antibiotic concentration than that predicted to be effective by measurement of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) (PubMed:23571543).
Similarity
Belongs to the EPSP synthase family. MurA subfamily.
Sequence
MRKIVINGGLPLQGEITISGAKNSVVALIPAIILADDVVTLDCVPDISDVASLVEIMELMGATVKRYDDVLEIDPRGVQNIPMPYGKINSLRASYYFYGSLLGRFGEATVGLPGGCDLGPRPIDLHLKAFEAMGATASYEGDNMKLSAKDTGLHGASIYMDTVSVGATINTMIAAVKANGRTIIENAAREPEIIDVATLLNNMGAHIRGAGTNIIIIDGVERLHGTRHQVIPDRIEAGTYISLAAAVGKGIRINNVLYEHLEGFIAKLEEMGVRMTVSEDSIFVEEQSNLKAINIKTAPYPGFATDLQQPLTPLLLRANGRGTIVDTIYEKRVNHVFELAKMDADISTTNGHILYTGGRDLRGASVKATDLRAGAALVIAGLMAEGKTEITNIEFILRGYSDIIEKLRNLGADIRLVED