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Gene Report : murC
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:  murC
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  murC   Search strains by all related name:  murC b0091 ECK0092 JW0089

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name murC  
 Alternative name b0091,ECK0092,JW0089  
 Location, Length 100,765 - 102,240 (  +  ) ;   2.17 min ; 1476 (bp) ,   491 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product UDP-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine 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 ( murC )
GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( murC )
GO:0005488 ; binding ( murC )
GO:0005524 ; ATP binding ( murC )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( murC )
GO:0007047 ; cell wall organization and biogenesis ( murC )
GO:0007049 ; cell cycle ( murC )
GO:0008152 ; metabolic process ( murC )
GO:0008360 ; regulation of cell shape ( murC )
GO:0008763 ; UDP-N-acetylmuramate-L-alanine ligase activity ( murC )
GO:0009058 ; biosynthetic process ( murC )
GO:0009252 ; peptidoglycan biosynthetic process ( murC )
GO:0009273 ; peptidoglycan-based cell wall biogenesis ( murC )
GO:0016874 ; ligase activity ( murC )
GO:0051301 ; cell division ( murC )
 PID 1786279  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
6.3.2.8  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene murC ( EG10619 )  
    Number of removed 0 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show simple )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) MURC_ECOLI ( P17952 ; O07099 )
    -  Protein name UDP-N-acetylmuramate--L-alanine ligase  
    -  Synonyms EC 6.3.2.8, UDP-N- acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine synthetase  
    -  Gene name Name=murC; OrderedLocusNames=b0091;  
    -  Comments
  • FUNCTION:Cell wall formation.
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:ATP + UDP-N-acetylmuramate + L-alanine = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine.
  • PATHWAY:Peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic (Probable).
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the murCDEF family.  
  •   botton Entry name(Acc.no) MURC_ECOL6 ( Q8X9Y7 )
        -  Protein name UDP-N-acetylmuramate--L-alanine ligase  
        -  Synonyms EC 6.3.2.8, UDP-N- acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine synthetase  
        -  Gene name Name=murC; OrderedLocusNames=c0109, z0101, ECs0095;  
        -  Comments
  • FUNCTION:Cell wall formation.
  • CATALYTIC ACTIVITY:ATP + UDP-N-acetylmuramate + L-alanine = ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine.
  • PATHWAY:Peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
  • SUBCELLULAR LOCATION:Cytoplasmic (Probable).
  • SIMILARITY:Belongs to the murCDEF family.  

  •  Linear View (Whole Mode)
    View Location
       90.0  –  115.0 (KBP)

    Homology Analysis
    BLAST
        Bacteria
             GTOP murC (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
        PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             PSI-BLAST Chain A, Murc - Crystal Structure Of The Apo-Enzyme From Haemophilus Influenzae  
        SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             BLAST UDP-N-acetylmuramate--L-alanine ligase  
             PSI-BLAST UDP-N-acetylmuramate--L-alanine ligase
        nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
             BLAST UDP-N-acetylmuramate--L-alanine ligase [Escherichia coli K12]  
    Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
        Pfam
    PROSITE
        PROSITE PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION     

    Other Cross-Reference
        COG COG0773M 
        EcoCyc murC 

    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 )
    Nucleic Acids Res. 1990;18(13):4014
    Nucleotide sequence involving murG and murC in the mra gene cluster region of Escherichia coli.
    Ikeda M, Wachi M, Jung HK, Ishino F, Matsuhashi M. ( 2197603 )
    Biochemistry. 1996;35(5):1423-31.
    Structural studies of Escherichia coli UDP-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase.
    Jin H, Emanuele JJ Jr, Fairman R, Robertson JG, Hail ME, Ho HT, Falk PJ, Villafranca JJ. ( 8634272 )
    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. 1980;142(2):615-20.
    Organization of genes in the ftsA-envA region of the Escherichia coli genetic map and identification of a new fts locus (ftsZ).
    Lutkenhaus JF, Wolf-Watz H, Donachie WD. ( 6991482 )
    J Bacteriol. 1980;143(3):1281-8.
    Determination of transcriptional units and gene products from the ftsA region of Escherichia coli.
    Lutkenhaus JF, Wu HC. ( 6447690 )

    Sequences
    Amino acid
    FASTA format
    0001 MNTQQLAKLR SIVPEMRRVR HIHFVGIGGA GMGGIAEVLA NEGYQISGSD LAPNPVTQQL MNLGATIYFN 
    0071 HRPENVRDAS VVVVSSAISA DNPEIVAAHE ARIPVIRRAE MLAELMRFRH GIAIAGTHGK TTTTAMVSSI 
    0141 YAEAGLDPTF VNGGLVKAAG VHARLGHGRY LIAEADESDA SFLHLQPMVA IVTNIEADHM DTYQGDFENL 
    0211 KQTFINFLHN LPFYGRAVMC VDDPVIRELL PRVGRQTTTY GFSEDADVRV EDYQQIGPQG HFTLLRQDKE 
    0281 PMRVTLNAPG RHNALNAAAA VAVATEEGID DEAILRALES FQGTGRRFDF LGEFPLEPVN GKSGTAMLVD 
    0351 DYGHHPTEVD ATIKAARAGW PDKNLVMLFQ PHRFTRTRDL YDDFANVLTQ VDTLLMLEVY PAGEAPIPGA 
    0421 DSRSLCRTIR GRGKIDPILV PDPARVAEML APVLTGNDLI LVQGAGNIGK IARSLAEIKL KPQTPEEEQH 
    0491 D
    
    
    Nucleotide
    FASTA format

    View sequence out neighbor 100bp
    -100                                             CCACCGAGCG AGTGGCAAAT GAAGTGAGCC 
    -070 GGGTTGCCCG GGCGTAATTG TAGCGATGCC TTTTGCATCG TATGAATTTA AGAAGTTAAT GGCGTAAAGA 
    0001 atgaatacac aacaattggc aaaactgcgt tccatcgtgc ccgaaatgcg tcgcgttcgg cacatacatt 
    0071 ttgtcggcat tggtggtgcc ggtatgggcg gtattgccga agttctggcc aatgaaggtt atcagatcag 
    0141 tggttccgat ttagcgccaa atccggtcac gcagcagtta atgaatctgg gtgcgacgat ttatttcaac 
    0211 catcgcccgg aaaacgtacg tgatgccagc gtggtcgttg tttccagcgc gatttctgcc gataacccgg 
    0281 aaattgtcgc cgctcatgaa gcgcgtattc cggtgatccg tcgtgccgaa atgctggctg agttaatgcg 
    0351 ttttcgtcat ggcatcgcca ttgccggaac gcacggcaaa acgacaacca ccgcgatggt ttccagcatc 
    0421 tacgcagaag cggggctcga cccaaccttc gttaacggcg ggctggtaaa agcggcgggg gttcatgcgc 
    0491 gtttggggca tggtcggtac ctgattgccg aagcagatga gagtgatgca tcgttcctgc atctgcaacc 
    0561 gatggtggcg attgtcacca atatcgaagc cgaccacatg gatacctacc agggcgactt tgagaattta 
    0631 aaacagactt ttattaattt tctgcacaac ctgccgtttt acggtcgtgc ggtgatgtgt gttgatgatc 
    0701 cggtgatccg cgaattgtta ccgcgagtgg ggcgtcagac cacgacttac ggcttcagcg aagatgccga 
    0771 cgtgcgtgta gaagattatc agcagattgg cccgcagggg cactttacgc tgctgcgcca ggacaaagag 
    0841 ccgatgcgcg tcaccctgaa tgcgccaggt cgtcataacg cgctgaacgc cgcagctgcg gttgcggttg 
    0911 ctacggaaga gggcattgac gacgaggcta ttttgcgggc gcttgaaagc ttccagggga ctggtcgccg 
    0981 ttttgatttc ctcggtgaat tcccgctgga gccagtgaat ggtaaaagcg gtacggcaat gctggtcgat 
    1051 gactacggcc accacccgac ggaagtggac gccaccatta aagcggcgcg cgcaggctgg ccggataaaa 
    1121 acctggtaat gctgtttcag ccgcaccgtt ttacccgtac gcgcgacctg tatgatgatt tcgccaatgt 
    1191 gctgacgcag gttgataccc tgttgatgct ggaagtgtat ccggctggcg aagcgccaat tccgggagcg 
    1261 gacagccgtt cgctgtgtcg cacaattcgt ggacgtggga aaattgatcc cattctggtg ccggatccgg 
    1331 cgcgggtagc cgagatgctg gcaccggtat taaccggtaa cgacctgatt ctcgttcagg gggctggtaa 
    1401 tattggaaaa attgcccgtt ctttagctga aatcaaactg aagccgcaaa ctccggagga agaacaacat 
    1471 gactgaTAAA ATCGCGGTCC TGTTGGGTGG GACCTCCGCT GAGCGGGAAG TTTCTCTGAA TTCTGGCGCA 
    1541 GCGGTGTTAG CCGGACTGCG TGAAGGCGGT ATTGAC