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From Proteopedia
Crystal structure of enolpyruvyl-UDP-GlcNAc synthase (MurA):UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid:phosphite from Escherichia coli
Structural highlights
FunctionMURA_ECOLI Cell wall formation. Adds enolpyruvyl to UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. Target for the antibiotic phosphomycin.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00111] Evolutionary ConservationCheck, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedMurA (enolpyruvyl UDP-GlcNAc synthase) catalyzes the first committed step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis. In this study, MurA-catalyzed breakdown of its tetrahedral intermediate (THI), with a k(cat)/K(M) of 520 M(-1) s(-1), was far slower than the normal reaction, and 3 x 10(5)-fold slower than the homologous enzyme, AroA, reacting with its THI. This provided kinetic evidence of slow binding and a conformationally constrained active site. The MurA cocrystal structure with UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid (UDP-MurNAc), a potent inhibitor, and phosphite revealed a new "staged" MurA conformation in which the Arg397 side chain tracked phosphite out of the catalytic site. The closed-to-staged transition involved breaking eight MurA.ligand ion pairs, and three intraprotein hydrogen bonds helping hold the active site loop closed. These were replaced with only two MurA.UDP-MurNAc ion pairs, two with phosphite, and seven new intraprotein ion pairs or hydrogen bonds. Cys115 appears to have an important role in forming the staged conformation. The staged conformation appears to be one step in a complex choreography of release of the product from MurA. Evidence of Kinetic Control of Ligand Binding and Staged Product Release in MurA (Enolpyruvyl UDP-GlcNAc Synthase)-Catalyzed Reactions .,Jackson SG, Zhang F, Chindemi P, Junop MS, Berti PJ Biochemistry. 2009 Nov 18. PMID:19899805[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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