MurF

Gene name	murF
Synonyms	ydbQ
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso- 2,6- diaminopimeloyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine synthetase
Function	peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: murF
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways: Cell wall
MW, pI	49 kDa, 5.337
Gene length, protein length	1371 bp, 457 aa
Immediate neighbours	ddl, cshA
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell wall synthesis, biosynthesis of cell wall components, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, V, W, X, Y), essential genes

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigM regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU04570

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: no entry

• SubtiList entry: [1]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: ATP + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-L-lysine + D-alanyl-D-alanine = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-gamma-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Protein family: murCDEF family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure: 1GG4 (from Escherichia coli, 32% identity, 50% similarity) PubMed

• UniProt: P96613

• KEGG entry: [2]

• E.C. number: 6.3.2.10

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Expression browser: murF PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigM PubMed

• Regulation:
  • expression is reduced in a SigV mutant PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Additional publications: PubMed

Warawan Eiamphungporn, John D Helmann
The Bacillus subtilis sigma(M) regulon and its contribution to cell envelope stress responses.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 67(4);830-48
[PubMed:18179421] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jean van Heijenoort
Lipid intermediates in the biosynthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2007, 71(4);620-35
[PubMed:18063720] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)