EC |
3.6.1.54 |
Accepted name: |
UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine diphosphatase |
Reaction: |
a UDP-2-N,3-O-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxyacyl]-α-D-glucosamine + H2O = a lipid X + UMP |
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For diagram of lipid IVA biosynthesis, click here |
Glossary: |
a lipid X = 2-N-[(3R)-3-hydroxyacyl]-3-O-[(3R)-3-hydroxyacyl]-α-D-glucosamine 1-phosphate =
2-N,3-O-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxyacyl]-α-D-glucosamine |
Other name(s): |
lpxH (gene name); UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine hydrolase; UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine pyrophosphatase; ybbF (gene name); UDP-2,3-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxymyristoyl]-α-D-glucosamine 2,3-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxymyristoyl]-β-D-glucosaminyl 1-phosphate phosphohydrolase (incorrect); UDP-2-N,3-O-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanoyl]-α-D-glucosamine 2-N,3-O-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxytetradecanoyl]-α-D-glucosaminyl 1-phosphate phosphohydrolase |
Systematic name: |
UDP-2-N,3-O-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxyacyl]-α-D-glucosamine 2-N,3-O-bis[(3R)-3-hydroxyacyl]-α-D-glucosamine-1-phosphate phosphohydrolase |
Comments: |
The enzyme catalyses a step in the biosynthesis of lipid A. |
Links to other databases: |
BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, MetaCyc, PDB |
References: |
1. |
Babinski, K.J., Ribeiro, A.A. and Raetz, C.R. The Escherichia coli gene encoding the UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine pyrophosphatase of lipid A biosynthesis. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 25937–25946. [DOI] [PMID: 12000770] |
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Babinski, K.J., Kanjilal, S.J. and Raetz, C.R. Accumulation of the lipid A precursor UDP-2,3-diacylglucosamine in an Escherichia coli mutant lacking the lpxH gene. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 25947–25956. [DOI] [PMID: 12000771] |
3. |
Okada, C., Wakabayashi, H., Kobayashi, M., Shinoda, A., Tanaka, I. and Yao, M. Crystal structures of the UDP-diacylglucosamine pyrophosphohydrase LpxH from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Sci. Rep. 6:32822 (2016). [DOI] [PMID: 27609419] |
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Cho, J., Lee, C.J., Zhao, J., Young, H.E. and Zhou, P. Structure of the essential Haemophilus influenzae UDP-diacylglucosamine pyrophosphohydrolase LpxH in lipid A biosynthesis. Nat Microbiol 1:16154 (2016). [DOI] [PMID: 27780190] |
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Arenas, J., Pupo, E., de Jonge, E., Perez-Ortega, J., Schaarschmidt, J., van der Ley, P. and Tommassen, J. Substrate specificity of the pyrophosphohydrolase LpxH determines the asymmetry of Bordetella pertussis lipid A. J. Biol. Chem. 294 (2019) 7982–7989. [DOI] [PMID: 30926608] |
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[EC 3.6.1.54 created 2010, modified 2021] |
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