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Gene Report : murE
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
Biochemistry. 1997;36(20):6223-9.
Conditionally lethal Escherichia coli murein mutants contain point defects that map to regions conserved among murein and folyl poly-gamma-glutamate ligases: identification of a ligase superfamily.
Eveland SS, Pompliano DL, Anderson MS. ( 9166795 )
     Deletion OCR30,31-3 (BK2-1 / AK1-1) (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  murE
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  murE   Search strains by all related name:  murE b0085 ECK0086 JW0083

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name murE  
 Alternative name b0085,ECK0086,JW0083  
 Location, Length 93,166 - 94,653 (  +  ) ;   2.01 min ; 1488 (bp) ,   495 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate:meso- diaminopimelate ligase  
 Operon Name mraZ-rsmH-ftsLI-murEF-mraY-murD-ftsW-murGC-ddlB-ftsQAZ-lpxC  
 Note GO_component: GO:0009274 - peptidoglycan-based cell wall; GO_process: GO:0009252 - peptidoglycan biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Murein sacculus, peptidoglycan  
 Gene Ontology GO:0000166 ; nucleotide binding ( murE )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( murE )
GO:0005524 ; ATP binding ( murE )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( murE )
GO:0007047 ; cell wall organization and biogenesis ( murE )
GO:0007049 ; cell cycle ( murE )
GO:0008360 ; regulation of cell shape ( murE )
GO:0008765 ; UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate-2,6-diaminopimelate ligase activity ( murE )
GO:0009058 ; biosynthetic process ( murE )
GO:0009252 ; peptidoglycan biosynthetic process ( murE )
GO:0009273 ; peptidoglycan-based cell wall biogenesis ( murE )
GO:0016874 ; ligase activity ( murE )
GO:0016881 ; acid-amino acid ligase activity ( murE )
GO:0051301 ; cell division ( murE )
 PID 1786273  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
6.3.2.13  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene murE ( EG10621 )  
    Number of removed 1 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 2 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) MURE_ECOLI ( P22188 ; O07101 )
    -  Protein name UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate--2,6-diaminopimelate ligase  
    -  Synonyms EC 6.3.2.13, UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-tripeptide synthetase, Meso- diaminopimelate-adding enzyme, UDP-MurNAc-tripeptide synthetase  
    -  Gene name Name=murE; OrderedLocusNames=b0085;  

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View Location
   80.0  –  105.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP murE (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Structure Of Mure The Udp-N-Acetylmuramyl Tripeptide Synthetase From E. Coli  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate--2,6-diaminopimelate ligase  
         PSI-BLAST UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate--2,6-diaminopimelate ligase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanyl-D-glutamate--2,6-diaminopimelate ligase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    TYR_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    FOLYLPOLYGLU_SYNT_1     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0769M 
    EcoCyc murE 

MMBR References
Biochemistry. 1997;36(20):6223-9.
Conditionally lethal Escherichia coli murein mutants contain point defects that map to regions conserved among murein and folyl poly-gamma-glutamate ligases: identification of a ligase superfamily.
Eveland SS, Pompliano DL, Anderson MS. ( 9166795 )
J Bacteriol. 1989;171(11):6379-82.
Inhibition of growth of ftsQ, ftsA, and ftsZ mutant cells of Escherichia coli by amplification of a chromosomal region encompassing closely aligned cell division and cell growth genes.
Jung HK, Ishino F, Matsuhashi M. ( 2553679 )
J Bacteriol. 1989;171(11):6126-34.
Organization of the murE-murG region of Escherichia coli: identification of the murD gene encoding the D-glutamic-acid-adding enzyme.
Mengin-Lecreulx D, Parquet C, Desviat LR, Pla J, Flouret B, Ayala JA, van Heijenoort J. ( 2681153 )
Biochem J. 1990;269(1):277-8.
Revised interpretation of the sequence containing the murE gene encoding the UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-tripeptide synthetase of Escherichia coli.
Michaud C, Parquet C, Flouret B, Blanot D, van Heijenoort J. ( 2198024 )
Can J Microbiol. 1989;35(11):1051-4.
Nucleotide sequence of the murE gene of Escherichia coli.
Tao JS, Ishiguro EE. ( 2692800 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MADRNLRDLL APWVPDAPSR ALREMTLDSR VAAAGDLFVA VVGHQADGRR YIPQAIAQGV AAIIAEAKDE 
0071 ATDGEIREMH GVPVIYLSQL NERLSALAGR FYHEPSDNLR LVGVTGTNGK TTTTQLLAQW SQLLGEISAV 
0141 MGTVGNGLLG KVIPTENTTG SAVDVQHELA GLVDQGATFC AMEVSSHGLV QHRVAALKFA ASVFTNLSRD 
0211 HLDYHGDMEH YEAAKWLLYS EHHCGQAIIN ADDEVGRRWL AKLPDAVAVS MEDHINPNCH GRWLKATEVN 
0281 YHDSGATIRF SSSWGDGEIE SHLMGAFNVS NLLLALATLL ALGYPLADLL KTAARLQPVC GRMEVFTAPG 
0351 KPTVVVDYAH TPDALEKALQ AARLHCAGKL WCVFGCGGDR DKGKRPLMGA IAEEFADVAV VTDDNPRTEE 
0421 PRAIINDILA GMLDAGHAKV MEGRAEAVTC AVMQAKENDV VLVAGKGHED YQIVGNQRLD YSDRVTVARL 
0491 LGVIA

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             GCCATCATGG GCGGCGTATT GCGTACCATG 
-070 AACATCGAGC CGGATGCGCT GACAACGGGC GATAAAAATG AATTTGTGAT TAATCAAGGC GAGGGGACAG 
0001 gtggcagatc gtaatttgcg cgaccttctt gctccgtggg tgccagacgc accttcgcga gcactgcgag 
0071 agatgacact cgacagccgt gtggctgcgg cgggcgatct ctttgtagct gtagtaggtc atcaggcgga 
0141 cgggcgtcga tatatcccgc aggcgatagc gcaaggtgtg gctgccatta ttgcagaggc gaaagatgag 
0211 gcgaccgatg gtgaaatccg tgaaatgcac ggcgtaccgg tcatctatct cagccagctc aacgagcgtt 
0281 tatctgcact ggcgggccgc ttttaccatg aaccctctga caatttacgt ctcgtgggcg taacgggcac 
0351 caacggcaaa accacgacta cccagctgtt ggcgcagtgg agccaactgc ttggcgaaat cagcgcggta 
0421 atgggcaccg ttggtaacgg cctgctgggg aaagtgatcc cgacagaaaa tacaaccggt tcggcagtcg 
0491 atgttcagca tgagctggcg gggctggtgg atcagggcgc gacgttttgc gcaatggaag tttcctccca 
0561 cgggctggta cagcaccgtg tggcggcatt gaaatttgcg gcgtcggtct ttaccaactt aagccgcgat 
0631 caccttgatt atcatggtga tatggaacac tacgaagccg cgaaatggct gctttattct gagcatcatt 
0701 gcggtcaggc gattattaac gccgacgatg aagtgggccg ccgctggctg gcaaaactgc cggacgcggt 
0771 tgcggtatca atggaagatc atattaatcc gaactgtcac ggacgctggt tgaaagcgac cgaagtgaac 
0841 tatcacgaca gcggtgcgac gattcgcttt agctcaagtt ggggcgatgg cgaaattgaa agccatctga 
0911 tgggcgcttt taacgtcagc aacctgctgc tcgcgctggc gacactgttg gcactcggct atccactggc 
0981 tgatctgctg aaaaccgccg cgcgtctgca accggtttgc ggacgtatgg aagtgttcac tgcgccaggc 
1051 aaaccgacgg tggtggtgga ttacgcgcat acgccggatg cactggaaaa agccttacag gcggcgcgtc 
1121 tgcactgtgc gggcaagctg tggtgtgtct ttggctgtgg tggcgatcgc gataaaggta agcgtccact 
1191 gatgggcgca attgccgaag agtttgctga cgtggcggtg gtgacggacg ataacccgcg taccgaagaa 
1261 ccgcgtgcca tcatcaacga tattctggcg ggaatgttag atgccggaca tgccaaagtg atggaaggcc 
1331 gtgctgaagc ggtgacttgc gccgttatgc aggctaaaga gaatgatgtg gtactggtcg cgggcaaagg 
1401 ccatgaagat taccagattg ttggcaatca gcgtctggac tactccgatc gcgtcacggt ggcgcgtctg 
1471 ctgggggtga ttgcatgaTT AGCGTAACCC TTAGCCAACT TACCGACATT CTCAACGGTG AACTGCAAGG 
1541 TGCAGATATC ACCCTTGATG CTGTAACCAC TGATACCCGA AAACTGAC