| EC |
6.3.2.13 |
| Accepted name: |
UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate—2,6-diaminopimelate ligase |
| Reaction: |
ATP + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate + meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-γ-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate |
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For diagram of peptidoglycan biosynthesis (part 1), click here |
| Other name(s): |
MurE synthetase [ambiguous]; UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate:meso-2,6-diamino-heptanedioate ligase (ADP-forming); UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimelate synthetase; UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate—2,6-diaminopimelate ligase; UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate:meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate γ-ligase (ADP-forming) |
| Systematic name: |
UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate:meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate γ-ligase (ADP-forming) |
| Comments: |
Involved in the synthesis of a cell-wall peptide in bacteria. This enzyme adds diaminopimelate in Gram-negative organisms and in some Gram-positive organisms; in others EC 6.3.2.7 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate—L-lysine ligase) adds lysine instead. It is the amino group of the L-centre of the diaminopimelate that is acylated. |
| Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9075-09-6 |
| References: |
| 1. |
Mizuno, Y. and Ito, E. Purification and properties of uridine diphosphate N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate:meso-2,6-diaminopimelate ligase. J. Biol. Chem. 243 (1968) 2665–2672. [PMID: 4967958] |
| 2. |
van Heijenoort, J. Recent advances in the formation of the bacterial peptidoglycan monomer unit. Nat. Prod. Rep. 18 (2001) 503–519. [PMID: 11699883] |
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