Identification
Name:UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--N-acetylmuramyl-(pentapeptide) pyrophosphoryl-undecaprenol N-acetylglucosamine transferase
Synonyms:
  • Undecaprenyl-PP-MurNAc-pentapeptide-UDPGlcNAc GlcNAc transferase
Gene Name:murG
Enzyme Class:
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in undecaprenyldiphospho-muramoylpentapeptide beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity
Specific Function:Cell wall formation. Catalyzes the transfer of a GlcNAc subunit on undecaprenyl-pyrophosphoryl-MurNAc-pentapeptide (lipid intermediate I) to form undecaprenyl-pyrophosphoryl-MurNAc- (pentapeptide)GlcNAc (lipid intermediate II)
Cellular Location:Cell inner membrane; Peripheral membrane protein
SMPDB Pathways:
KEGG Pathways:
KEGG Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
SMPDB Reactions:
1.0Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Uridine 5'-diphosphate+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine + 1.0Uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine + 1.0Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine → 1.0Uridine 5'-diphosphate + 1.0Hydrogen ion + 1.0lipid II(A) + 1.0Uridine 5'-diphosphate
ReactionCard
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
EcoCyc Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
Complex Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB23024GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-diphosphoundecaprenolMetaboCard
ECMDB21225Hydrogen ionMetaboCard
ECMDB23023lipid II(A)MetaboCard
ECMDB23030Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-diphosphoundecaprenolMetaboCard
ECMDB20173MurAc(oyl-L-Ala-D-gamma-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-diphospho-undecaprenolMetaboCard
ECMDB20290N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamineMetaboCard
ECMDB20257N-Acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimelyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenolMetaboCard
ECMDB20210Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-(N-acetylglucosamine)-L-alanyl-D-glutaminyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB20212Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-(N-acetylglucosamine)-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB20214Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-(N-acetylglucosamine)-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB20216Undecaprenyl-diphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanineMetaboCard
ECMDB00295Uridine 5'-diphosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB00290Uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamineMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Function
acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity
binding
carbohydrate binding
catalytic activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring glycosyl groups
transferase activity, transferring hexosyl groups
UDP-glycosyltransferase activity
undecaprenyldiphospho-muramoylpentapeptide beta-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity
Process
alcohol metabolic process
amino sugar metabolic process
carbohydrate metabolic process
cellular lipid metabolic process
lipid glycosylation
lipid metabolic process
lipid modification
metabolic process
monosaccharide metabolic process
primary metabolic process
small molecule metabolic process
UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine biosynthetic process
UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine metabolic process
Gene Properties
Blattner:b0090
Gene OrientationClockwise
Centisome Percentage:2.15
Left Sequence End99644
Right Sequence End100711
Gene Sequence:
>1068 bp
ATGAGTGGTCAAGGAAAGCGATTAATGGTGATGGCAGGCGGAACCGGTGGACATGTATTC
CCGGGACTGGCGGTTGCGCACCATCTAATGGCTCAGGGTTGGCAAGTTCGCTGGCTGGGG
ACTGCCGACCGTATGGAAGCGGACTTAGTGCCAAAACATGGCATCGAAATTGATTTCATT
CGTATCTCTGGTCTGCGTGGAAAAGGTATAAAAGCACTGATAGCTGCCCCGCTGCGTATC
TTCAACGCCTGGCGTCAGGCGCGGGCGATTATGAAAGCGTACAAACCTGACGTGGTGCTC
GGTATGGGAGGCTACGTGTCAGGTCCAGGTGGTCTGGCCGCGTGGTCGTTAGGCATTCCG
GTTGTACTTCATGAACAAAACGGTATTGCGGGCTTAACCAATAAATGGCTGGCGAAGATT
GCCACCAAAGTGATGCAGGCGTTTCCAGGTGCTTTCCCTAATGCGGAAGTAGTGGGTAAC
CCGGTGCGTACCGATGTGTTGGCGCTGCCGTTGCCGCAGCAACGTTTGGCTGGACGTGAA
GGTCCGGTTCGTGTGCTGGTAGTGGGTGGTTCTCAGGGCGCACGCATTCTTAACCAGACA
ATGCCGCAGGTTGCTGCGAAACTGGGTGATTCAGTCACTATCTGGCATCAGAGCGGCAAA
GGTTCGCAACAATCCGTTGAACAGGCGTATGCCGAAGCGGGGCAACCGCAGCATAAAGTG
ACGGAATTTATTGATGATATGGCGGCGGCGTATGCGTGGGCGGATGTCGTCGTTTGCCGC
TCCGGTGCGTTAACGGTGAGTGAAATCGCCGCGGCAGGACTACCGGCGTTGTTTGTGCCG
TTTCAACATAAAGACCGCCAGCAATACTGGAATGCGCTACCGCTGGAAAAAGCGGGCGCA
GCCAAAATTATCGAGCAGCCACAGCTTAGCGTGGATGCTGTCGCCAACACCCTGGCCGGG
TGGTCGCGAGAAACCTTATTAACCATGGCAGAACGCGCCCGCGCTGCATCCATTCCGGAT
GCCACCGAGCGAGTGGCAAATGAAGTGAGCCGGGTTGCCCGGGCGTAA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:355
Protein Molecular Weight:37815
Protein Theoretical pI:10
PDB File:1NLM
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • None
Protein Sequence:
>UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--N-acetylmuramyl-(pentapeptide) pyrophosphoryl-undecaprenol N-acetylglucosamine transferase
MSGQGKRLMVMAGGTGGHVFPGLAVAHHLMAQGWQVRWLGTADRMEADLVPKHGIEIDFI
RISGLRGKGIKALIAAPLRIFNAWRQARAIMKAYKPDVVLGMGGYVSGPGGLAAWSLGIP
VVLHEQNGIAGLTNKWLAKIATKVMQAFPGAFPNAEVVGNPVRTDVLALPLPQQRLAGRE
GPVRVLVVGGSQGARILNQTMPQVAAKLGDSVTIWHQSGKGSQQSVEQAYAEAGQPQHKV
TEFIDDMAAAYAWADVVVCRSGALTVSEIAAAGLPALFVPFQHKDRQQYWNALPLEKAGA
AKIIEQPQLSVDAVANTLAGWSRETLLTMAERARAASIPDATERVANEVSRVARA
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P17443
Uniprot Name:MURG_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:21321971
PDB ID:1NLM
Ecogene ID:EG10623
Ecocyc:EG10623
ColiBase:b0090
Kegg Gene:b0090
EchoBASE ID:EB0618
CCDB:MURG_ECOLI
BacMap:16128083
General Reference:
  • 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
  • Bupp, K., van Heijenoort, J. (1993). "The final step of peptidoglycan subunit assembly in Escherichia coli occurs in the cytoplasm." J Bacteriol 175:1841-1843. Pubmed: 8449890
  • Ha, S., Walker, D., Shi, Y., Walker, S. (2000). "The 1.9 A crystal structure of Escherichia coli MurG, a membrane-associated glycosyltransferase involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis." Protein Sci 9:1045-1052. Pubmed: 10892798
  • 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
  • Ikeda, M., Wachi, M., Jung, H. K., Ishino, F., Matsuhashi, M. (1990). "Nucleotide sequence involving murG and murC in the mra gene cluster region of Escherichia coli." Nucleic Acids Res 18:4014. Pubmed: 2197603
  • Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Texier, L., Rousseau, M., van Heijenoort, J. (1991). "The murG gene of Escherichia coli codes for the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: N-acetylmuramyl-(pentapeptide) pyrophosphoryl-undecaprenol N-acetylglucosamine transferase involved in the membrane steps of peptidoglycan synthesis." J Bacteriol 173:4625-4636. Pubmed: 1649817
  • Mengin-Lecreulx, D., Texier, L., van Heijenoort, J. (1990). "Nucleotide sequence of the cell-envelope murG gene of Escherichia coli." Nucleic Acids Res 18:2810. Pubmed: 2187180
  • 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