N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-(N6-glycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine:glycine glycyltransferase

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-(N6-glycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine:glycine glycyltransferase (EC 2.3.2.17, femA (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-(N6-glycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-ditrans,octacis-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine:glycine glycyltransferase.[1][2][3][4] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-lysyl-(N6-glycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine + 2 glycyl-tRNA N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-lysyl-(N6-triglycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine + 2 tRNA
N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-(N6-glycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine:glycine glycyltransferase
Identifiers
EC number2.3.2.17
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
ExPASyNiceZyme view
KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

This enzyme catalyses the successive transfer of two glycine moieties from charged tRNAs to N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-lysyl-(N6-glycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine.

References
  1. Berger-Bächi B, Barberis-Maino L, Strässle A, Kayser FH (October 1989). "FemA, a host-mediated factor essential for methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus: molecular cloning and characterization". Molecular & General Genetics. 219 (1–2): 263–9. doi:10.1007/bf00261186. PMID 2559314.
  2. Johnson S, Krüger D, Labischinski H (October 1995). "FemA of Staphylococcus aureus: isolation and immunodetection". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 132 (3): 221–8. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07837.x. PMID 7590176.
  3. Benson TE, Prince DB, Mutchler VT, Curry KA, Ho AM, Sarver RW, Hagadorn JC, Choi GH, Garlick RL (August 2002). "X-ray crystal structure of Staphylococcus aureus FemA". Structure. 10 (8): 1107–15. doi:10.1016/s0969-2126(02)00807-9. PMID 12176388.
  4. Schneider T, Senn MM, Berger-Bächi B, Tossi A, Sahl HG, Wiedemann I (July 2004). "In vitro assembly of a complete, pentaglycine interpeptide bridge containing cell wall precursor (lipid II-Gly5) of Staphylococcus aureus". Molecular Microbiology. 53 (2): 675–85. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04149.x. PMID 15228543.
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