This enzyme, along with EC 4.2.1.126, N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate etherase, is required for the utilization of anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid in proteobacteria. The substrate is either imported from the medium or derived from the bacterium's own cell wall murein during cell wall recycling. The product N-acetylmuramate 6-phosphate is produced as a 7:1 mixture of the alpha- and beta-anomers.
This enzyme, along with EC 4.2.1.126, N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate etherase, is required for the utilization of anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid in proteobacteria. The substrate is either imported from the medium or derived from the bacterium's own cell wall murein during cell wall recycling. The product N-acetylmuramate 6-phosphate is produced as a 7:1 mixture of the alpha- and beta-anomers.
1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-beta-muramate is a breakdown product of bacterial peptidoglycan in many Gram-negative bacteria, it is released from murein tripeptide
the enzyme utilizes an unusual mechanism whereby the sugar substrate is both cleaved and phosphorylated. N-acetylmuramate cannot be used as a substrate for AnmK
1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-beta-muramate is a breakdown product of bacterial peptidoglycan in many Gram-negative bacteria, it is released from murein tripeptide
1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid is produced during peptidoglucan degeneration by transglycosylases, e.g. AmpD or NagZ. The AnmK reaction product N-acetylmuramate 6-phosphate returns into peptidoglycan recycling
MurQ and AnmK kinase are required for utilization of 1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-beta-muramate derived either from cell wall murein or imported from the medium
1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase (AnmK) and levoglucosan kinase (LGK) share significant sequence homology (30-40%) and form a subfamily of anhydrosugar kinases in the sugar kinase family, which is itself part of a larger superfamily of ATPase domain containing proteins (sugar kinase/heat shock protein 70/actin superfamily) that contain conserved structural motifs including the ATP binding domain and an interdomain hinge region that allows the two major domains to rotate relative to each other
phylogenetic analysis and comparison of 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase with levoglucan kinase and AnmK-like enzymes, molecular docking, dynamics simulation, and homology modelling, overview. AnmK and LGK are conserved proteins, and 187Asp, 212Asp are enzymatic residues, respectively
Uehara, T.; Suefuji, K.; Jaeger, T.; Mayer, C.; Park, J.T.
MurQ etherase is required by Escherichia coli in order to metabolize anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid obtained either from the environment or from its own cell wall