Literature summary extracted from
Brown, E.D.; Vivas, E.I.; Walsh, C.T.; Kolter, R.
MurA (MurZ), the enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis, is essential in Escherichia coli (1995), J. Bacteriol., 177, 4194-4197.
Cloned(Commentary)
EC Number |
Cloned (Comment) |
Organism |
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2.5.1.7 |
expression from plasmid in Escherichia coli deletion mutant, functional complementation |
Escherichia coli |
Protein Variants
EC Number |
Protein Variants |
Comment |
Organism |
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2.5.1.7 |
additional information |
construction of a murA(Z) deletion mutant strain without catalytic activity, cells grow only when complemented by the enzyme expressed from a plasmid |
Escherichia coli |
Organism
EC Number |
Organism |
UniProt |
Comment |
Textmining |
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2.5.1.7 |
Escherichia coli |
P0A749 |
murA instead of murZ is recommended to be used to designate the gene at 69.3 min of the chromosome |
- |
Substrates and Products (Substrate)
EC Number |
Substrates |
Comment Substrates |
Organism |
Products |
Comment (Products) |
Rev. |
Reac. |
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2.5.1.7 |
phosphoenolpyruvate + UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine |
- |
Escherichia coli |
phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-3-(1-carboxyvinyl)-D-glucosamine |
- |
? |
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