Identification
Name:UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-tripeptide--D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase
Synonyms:
  • D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme
  • UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide synthetase
Gene Name:murF
Enzyme Class:
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in ATP binding
Specific Function:Involved in cell wall formation. Catalyzes the final step in the synthesis of UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide, the precursor of murein
Cellular Location:Cytoplasm
SMPDB Pathways:
KEGG Pathways:
KEGG Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
SMPDB Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Adenosine diphosphate+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
EcoCyc Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
Complex Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB00538Adenosine triphosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB01341ADPMetaboCard
ECMDB03459D-Alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB21225Hydrogen ionMetaboCard
ECMDB21380Inorganic phosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB20290N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamineMetaboCard
ECMDB01429PhosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB24251UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-γ-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB20203UDP-N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-gamma-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimelateMetaboCard
ECMDB20204UDP-N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-6-carboxy-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB20205UDP-N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB04170UDP-N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminoheptanedioateMetaboCard
ECMDB20206UDP-N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-L-lysineMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
cell part
cytoplasm
intracellular part
Function
acid-amino acid ligase activity
adenyl nucleotide binding
adenyl ribonucleotide binding
ATP binding
binding
catalytic activity
ligase activity
ligase activity, forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
nucleoside binding
purine nucleoside binding
UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamyl-2,6-diaminopimelate-D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase activity
Process
aminoglycan metabolic process
biological regulation
biosynthetic process
carbohydrate metabolic process
cell division
cell wall biogenesis
cell wall organization or biogenesis
cellular cell wall organization or biogenesis
cellular component organization or biogenesis
cellular process
glycosaminoglycan metabolic process
metabolic process
peptidoglycan biosynthetic process
peptidoglycan metabolic process
peptidoglycan-based cell wall biogenesis
polysaccharide metabolic process
primary metabolic process
regulation of biological quality
regulation of cell shape
Gene Properties
Blattner:b0086
Gene OrientationClockwise
Centisome Percentage:2.04
Left Sequence End94650
Right Sequence End96008
Gene Sequence:
>1359 bp
ATGATTAGCGTAACCCTTAGCCAACTTACCGACATTCTCAACGGTGAACTGCAAGGTGCA
GATATCACCCTTGATGCTGTAACCACTGATACCCGAAAACTGACGCCGGGCTGCCTGTTT
GTTGCCCTGAAAGGCGAACGTTTTGATGCCCACGATTTTGCCGACCAGGCGAAAGCTGGC
GGCGCAGGCGCACTACTGGTTAGCCGTCCGCTGGACATCGACCTGCCGCAGTTAATCGTC
AAGGATACGCGTCTGGCGTTTGGTGAACTGGCTGCATGGGTTCGCCAGCAAGTTCCGGCG
CGCGTGGTTGCTCTGACGGGGTCCTCCGGCAAAACCTCCGTTAAAGAGATGACGGCGGCG
ATTTTAAGCCAGTGCGGCAACACGCTTTATACGGCAGGCAATCTCAACAACGACATCGGT
GTACCGATGACGCTGTTGCGCTTAACGCCGGAATACGATTACGCAGTTATTGAACTTGGC
GCGAACCATCAGGGCGAAATAGCCTGGACTGTGAGTCTGACTCGCCCGGAAGCTGCGCTG
GTCAACAACCTGGCAGCGGCGCATCTGGAAGGTTTTGGCTCGCTTGCGGGTGTCGCGAAA
GCGAAAGGTGAAATCTTTAGCGGCCTGCCGGAAAACGGTATCGCCATTATGAACGCCGAC
AACAACGACTGGCTGAACTGGCAGAGCGTAATTGGCTCACGCAAAGTGTGGCGTTTCTCA
CCCAATGCCGCCAACAGCGATTTCACCGCCACCAATATCCATGTGACCTCGCACGGTACG
GAATTTACCCTACAAACCCCAACCGGTAGCGTCGATGTTCTGCTGCCGTTGCCGGGGCGT
CACAATATTGCGAATGCGCTGGCAGCCGCTGCGCTCTCCATGTCCGTGGGCGCAACGCTT
GATGCTATCAAAGCGGGGCTGGCAAATCTGAAAGCTGTTCCAGGCCGTCTGTTCCCCATC
CAACTGGCAGAAAACCAGTTGCTGCTCGACGACTCCTACAACGCCAATGTCGGTTCAATG
ACTGCAGCAGTCCAGGTACTGGCTGAAATGCCGGGCTACCGCGTGCTGGTGGTGGGCGAT
ATGGCGGAACTGGGCGCTGAAAGCGAAGCCTGCCATGTACAGGTGGGCGAGGCGGCAAAA
GCTGCTGGTATTGACCGCGTGTTAAGCGTGGGTAAACAAAGCCATGCTATCAGCACCGCC
AGCGGCGTTGGCGAACATTTTGCTGATAAAACTGCGTTAATTACGCGTCTTAAATTACTG
ATTGCTGAGCAACAGGTAATTACGATTTTAGTTAAGGGTTCACGTAGTGCCGCCATGGAA
GAGGTAGTACGCGCTTTACAGGAGAATGGGACATGTTAG
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:452
Protein Molecular Weight:47447
Protein Theoretical pI:5
PDB File:1GG4
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • None
Protein Sequence:
>UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-tripeptide--D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase
MISVTLSQLTDILNGELQGADITLDAVTTDTRKLTPGCLFVALKGERFDAHDFADQAKAG
GAGALLVSRPLDIDLPQLIVKDTRLAFGELAAWVRQQVPARVVALTGSSGKTSVKEMTAA
ILSQCGNTLYTAGNLNNDIGVPMTLLRLTPEYDYAVIELGANHQGEIAWTVSLTRPEAAL
VNNLAAAHLEGFGSLAGVAKAKGEIFSGLPENGIAIMNADNNDWLNWQSVIGSRKVWRFS
PNAANSDFTATNIHVTSHGTEFTLQTPTGSVDVLLPLPGRHNIANALAAAALSMSVGATL
DAIKAGLANLKAVPGRLFPIQLAENQLLLDDSYNANVGSMTAAVQVLAEMPGYRVLVVGD
MAELGAESEACHVQVGEAAKAAGIDRVLSVGKQSHAISTASGVGEHFADKTALITRLKLL
IAEQQVITILVKGSRSAAMEEVVRALQENGTC
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P11880
Uniprot Name:MURF_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85674322
PDB ID:1GG4
Ecogene ID:EG10622
Ecocyc:EG10622
ColiBase:b0086
Kegg Gene:b0086
EchoBASE ID:EB0617
CCDB:MURF_ECOLI
BacMap:16128079
General Reference:
  • Anderson, M. S., Eveland, S. S., Onishi, H. R., Pompliano, D. L. (1996). "Kinetic mechanism of the Escherichia coli UDPMurNAc-tripeptide D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme: use of a glutathione S-transferase fusion." Biochemistry 35:16264-16269. Pubmed: 8973200
  • Blattner, F. R., Plunkett, G. 3rd, Bloch, C. A., Perna, N. T., Burland, V., Riley, M., Collado-Vides, J., Glasner, J. D., Rode, C. K., Mayhew, G. F., Gregor, J., Davis, N. W., Kirkpatrick, H. A., Goeden, M. A., Rose, D. J., Mau, B., Shao, Y. (1997). "The complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli K-12." Science 277:1453-1462. Pubmed: 9278503
  • Duncan, K., van Heijenoort, J., Walsh, C. T. (1990). "Purification and characterization of the D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme from Escherichia coli." Biochemistry 29:2379-2386. Pubmed: 2186811
  • Eveland, S. S., Pompliano, D. L., Anderson, M. S. (1997). "Conditionally lethal Escherichia coli murein mutants contain point defects that map to regions conserved among murein and folyl poly-gamma-glutamate ligases: identification of a ligase superfamily." Biochemistry 36:6223-6229. Pubmed: 9166795
  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
  • Parquet, C., Flouret, B., Mengin-Lecreulx, D., van Heijenoort, J. (1989). "Nucleotide sequence of the murF gene encoding the UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide synthetase of Escherichia coli." Nucleic Acids Res 17:5379. Pubmed: 2668880
  • Yan, Y., Munshi, S., Leiting, B., Anderson, M. S., Chrzas, J., Chen, Z. (2000). "Crystal structure of Escherichia coli UDPMurNAc-tripeptide d-alanyl-d-alanine-adding enzyme (MurF) at 2.3 A resolution." J Mol Biol 304:435-445. Pubmed: 11090285
  • Yura, T., Mori, H., Nagai, H., Nagata, T., Ishihama, A., Fujita, N., Isono, K., Mizobuchi, K., Nakata, A. (1992). "Systematic sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome: analysis of the 0-2.4 min region." Nucleic Acids Res 20:3305-3308. Pubmed: 1630901