IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 6.3.2.7

Accepted name: UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate—L-lysine ligase

Reaction: ATP + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate + L-lysine = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-γ-D-glutamyl-L-lysine

For diagram click here.

Other name(s): MurE synthetase; UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysine synthetase; uridine diphospho-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamyllysine synthetase; UPD-MurNAc-L-Ala-D-Glu:L-Lys ligase

Systematic name: UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate:L-lysine γ-ligase (ADP-forming)

Comments: Involved with EC 6.3.2.4 (D-alanine—D-alanine ligase), EC 6.3.2.8 (UDP-N-acetylmuramate—L-alanine ligase), EC 6.3.2.9 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine—D-glutamate ligase) and EC 6.3.2.10 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-tripeptide—D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase) in the synthesis of a cell-wall peptide (click here for diagram). This enzyme adds lysine in some Gram-positive organisms; in others and in Gram-negative organisms EC 6.3.2.13 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate—2,6-diaminopimelate ligase) adds 2,6-diaminopimelate instead.

Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-51-2

References:

1. Ito, E. and Strominger, J.L. Enzymatic synthesis of the peptide in bacterial uridine nucleotides. I. Enzymatic addition of L-alanine, D-glutamic acid, and L-lysine. J. Biol. Chem. 237 (1962) 2689-2695.

2. van Heijenoort, J. Recent advances in the formation of the bacterial peptidoglycan monomer unit. Nat. Prod. Rep. 18 (2001) 503-519. [PMID: 11699883]

[EC 6.3.2.7 created 1961, modified 2002]


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