IPR005338
Anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase
InterPro entry
Short name | Anhydro_N_Ac-Mur_kinase |
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Description
This entry represents the enzyme Anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase, predominantly found in bacteria. This protein catalyses the specific phosphorylation of 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid (anhMurNAc) with the simultaneous cleavage of the 1,6-anhydro ring, generating MurNAc-6-P. It is also required for the utilisation of anhMurNAc, either imported from the medium, or derived from its own cell wall murein, and in so doing plays a role in cell wall recycling
[1, 2].
References
1.Recycling of the anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid derived from cell wall murein involves a two-step conversion to N-acetylglucosamine-phosphate. Uehara T, Suefuji K, Valbuena N, Meehan B, Donegan M, Park JT. J. Bacteriol. 187, 3643-9, (2005). View articlePMID: 15901686
2.MurQ Etherase is required by Escherichia coli in order to metabolize anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid obtained either from the environment or from its own cell wall. Uehara T, Suefuji K, Jaeger T, Mayer C, Park JT. J. Bacteriol. 188, 1660-2, (2006). View articlePMID: 16452451
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