MurB

• Description: UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase
  
  

Gene name	murB
Synonyms	ylxC
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase
Function	peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
MW, pI	32 kDa, 6.087
Gene length, protein length	909 bp, 303 aa
Immediate neighbours	murG, divIB
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: P18579

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: murE-mraY-murD-spoVE-murG-murB-divIB-ylxW-ylxX-sbp

• Sigma factor: SigE
• Regulation:

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Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Adriano Henriques, Lisbon, Portugal homepage

References

1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed