MurE

• Description: UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimelate synthetase
  
  

Gene name	murE
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-meso-2,6-diaminopimelate synthetase
Function	peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
MW, pI	54 kDa, 5.558
Gene length, protein length	1482 bp, 494 aa
Immediate neighbours	spoVD, mraY
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: MurE subfamily (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:

• Swiss prot entry: Q03523

• KEGG entry: BSU15180

• E.C. number: 6.3.2.13

Expression and regulation

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

• Sigma factor: SigE

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Daniel R.A., Errington J. (1993) DNA sequence of the murE-murD region of Bacillus subtilis 168. J. Gen. Microbiol. 139: 361-370 PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed