CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily Mur-like, catalytic domain
Functional Family UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine--D-glutamate ligase

Enzyme Information

6.3.2.9
UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine--D-glutamate ligase.
based on mapping to UniProt P14900
ATP + UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramoyl-L-alanine + D-glutamate = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetyl-alpha-D-muramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate.
-!- Involved in the synthesis of a cell-wall peptide in bacteria.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P14900
MURD_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine--D-glutamate ligase

PDB Structure

PDB 2Y68
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
Structure-based design of a new series of D-glutamic acid based inhibitors of bacterial UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase (MurD).
Tomasic, T., Zidar, N., Sink, R., Kovac, A., Blanot, D., Contreras-Martel, C., Dessen, A., Muller-Premru, M., Zega, A., Gobec, S., Kikelj, D., Masic, L.P.
J. Med. Chem.
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