1jpd

Structural highlights

Function

AEEP_ECOLI Catalyzes the epimerization of L-Ala-D-Glu to L-Ala-L-Glu and has a role in the recycling of the murein peptide, of which L-Ala-D-Glu is a component. Is also able to catalyze the reverse reaction and the epimerization of all the L-Ala-X dipeptides, except L-Ala-L-Arg, L-Ala-L-Lys and L-Ala-L-Pro. Is also active with L-Gly-L-Glu, L-Phe-L-Glu, and L-Ser-L-Glu, but not with L-Glu-L-Glu, L-Lys-L-Glu, L-Pro-L-Glu, L-Lys-L-Ala, or D-Ala-D-Ala.^{[1] [2]}

Evolutionary Conservation

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References

1. ↑ Schmidt DM, Hubbard BK, Gerlt JA. Evolution of enzymatic activities in the enolase superfamily: functional assignment of unknown proteins in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli as L-Ala-D/L-Glu epimerases. Biochemistry. 2001 Dec 25;40(51):15707-15. PMID:11747447
2. ↑ Park JT, Uehara T. How bacteria consume their own exoskeletons (turnover and recycling of cell wall peptidoglycan). Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2008 Jun;72(2):211-27, table of contents. doi:, 10.1128/MMBR.00027-07. PMID:18535144 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MMBR.00027-07