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EC 6.3.2.9     
Accepted name: UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine—D-glutamate ligase
Reaction: ATP + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanine + D-glutamate = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate
For diagram of peptidoglycan biosynthesis (part 1), click here
Other name(s): MurD synthetase; UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate synthetase; uridine diphospho-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate synthetase; D-glutamate-adding enzyme; D-glutamate ligase; UDP-Mur-NAC-L-Ala:D-Glu ligase; UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:glutamate ligase (ADP-forming); UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine—D-glutamate ligase; UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase (ADP-forming)
Systematic name: UDP-N-acetyl-α-D-muramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase (ADP-forming)
Comments: Involved in the synthesis of a cell-wall peptide in bacteria.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9023-59-0
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 6.3.2.9 created 1965, modified 2002]
 
 


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