IPR005488
N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate etherase MurQ
InterPro entry
Short name | Etherase_MurQ |
Overlapping homologous superfamilies |
Description
MurQ is involved in recycling components of the bacterial murein sacculus turned over during cell growth. The cell wall metabolite anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid (anhMurNAc) is converted by a kinase, AnmK, to MurNAc-phosphate, then converted to N-acetylglucosamine-phosphate by this etherase, called MurQ
[1, 2].
References
1.Scission of the lactyl ether bond of N-acetylmuramic acid by Escherichia coli "etherase". Jaeger T, Arsic M, Mayer C. J. Biol. Chem. 280, 30100-6, (2005). View articlePMID: 15983044
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
GO terms
biological process
molecular function
cellular component
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