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Gene Report : murA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
J Bacteriol. 1995;177(14):4194-7.
MurA (MurZ), the enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis, is essential in Escherichia coli.
Brown ED, Vivas EI, Walsh CT, Kolter R. ( 7608103 )
     Deletion OCL28,29-1 (D)  ,  OCL29,30-6 (AK4-11 / BK5-11) (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  murA
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  murA   Search strains by all related name:  murA b3189 ECK3178 f419 JW3156 mrbA murZ

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name murA  
 Alternative name b3189,ECK3178,f419,JW3156,mrbA,murZ  
 Location, Length 3,333,257 - 3,334,516 (  -  ) ;   71.84 min ; 1260 (bp) ,   419 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase  
 Operon Name murA  
 Note first step in murein biosynthesis;UDP-N-glucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase; GO_component: GO:0009274 - peptidoglycan-based cell wall; GO_process: GO:0009252 - peptidoglycan biosynthetic process  
 Function enzyme; Murein sacculus, peptidoglycan  
 Gene Ontology GO:0003824 ; catalytic activity ( murA )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( murA )
GO:0007047 ; cell wall organization and biogenesis ( murA )
GO:0007049 ; cell cycle ( murA )
GO:0008360 ; regulation of cell shape ( murA )
GO:0008760 ; UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase activity ( murA )
GO:0009252 ; peptidoglycan biosynthetic process ( murA )
GO:0016740 ; transferase activity ( murA )
GO:0016765 ; transferase activity, transferring alkyl or aryl (other than methyl) groups ( murA )
GO:0019277 ; UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine biosynthetic process ( murA )
GO:0051301 ; cell division ( murA )
 PID 1789580  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
2.5.1.7  
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene murA ( EG11358 )  
    Number of removed 0 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details [ 1 more] )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) MURA_ECOLI ( P28909 )
    -  Protein name UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase  
    -  Synonyms EC 2.5.1.7, Enoylpyruvate transferase, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase, EPT  
    -  Gene name OrderedLocusNames=b3189, c3947, SF3229, S3447;  

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View Location
   3320.0  –  3345.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP murA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain , Structure Of Udp-N-Acetylglucosamine Enolpyruvyl Transferase  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase (Enoylpyruvate transferase) (UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase) (EPT)  
         PSI-BLAST UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 1-carboxyvinyltransferase [Escherichia coli K12]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0766M 
    EcoCyc murA 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:5748-5752
Cloning and sequencing of Escherichia coli murZ and purification of its product, a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase.
Marquardt, J. L., D. A. Siegele, R. Kolter, and C. T. Walsh.
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:1690-1693
Cloning and identification of the Escherichia coli murB DNA sequence, which encodes UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase.
Pucci, M. J., L. F. Discotto, and T. J. Dougherty.
J Bacteriol. 1972;110(3):935-44.
Isolation and characterization of a phosphonomycin-resistant mutant of Escherichia coli K-12.
Venkateswaran PS, Wu HC. ( 4555418 )
J Bacteriol. 1995;177:4194-4197
MurA (MurZ), the enzyme that catalyzes the first committed step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis, is essential in Escherichia coli.
Brown, E. D., E. I. Vivas, C. T. Walsh, and R. Kolter.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MDKFRVQGPT KLQGEVTISG AKNAALPILF AALLAEEPVE IQNVPKLKDV DTSMKLLSQL GAKVERNGSV 
0071 HIDARDVNVF CAPYDLVKTM RASIWALGPL VARFGQGQVS LPGGCTIGAR PVDLHISGLE QLGATIKLEE 
0141 GYVKASVDGR LKGAHIVMDK VSVGATVTIM CAATLAEGTT IIENAAREPE IVDTANFLIT LGAKISGQGT 
0211 DRIVIEGVER LGGGVYRVLP DRIETGTFLV AAAISRGKII CRNAQPDTLD AVLAKLRDAG ADIEVGEDWI 
0281 SLDMHGKRPK AVNVRTAPHP AFPTDMQAQF TLLNLVAEGT GFITETVFEN RFMHVPELSR MGAHAEIESN 
0351 TVICHGVEKL SGAQVMATDL RASASLVLAG CIAEGTTVVD RIYHIDRGYE RIEDKLRALG ANIERVKGE

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             tacccctgcg gagtgggcgc gcgatcgcaa 
-070 actgaacggc ttttgagcta tgggcgattc gccggtagcg gatatgaatt gttaactgag aacaaactaa 
0001 atggataaat ttcgtgttca ggggccaacg aagctccagg gcgaagtcac aatttccggc gctaaaaatg 
0071 ctgctctgcc tatccttttt gccgcactac tggcggaaga accggtagag atccagaacg tcccgaaact 
0141 gaaagacgtc gatacatcaa tgaagctgct aagccagctg ggtgcgaaag tagaacgtaa tggttctgtg 
0211 catattgatg cccgcgacgt taatgtattc tgcgcacctt acgatctggt taaaaccatg cgtgcttcta 
0281 tctgggcgct ggggccgctg gtagcgcgct ttggtcaggg gcaagtttca ctacctggcg gttgtacgat 
0351 cggtgcgcgt ccggttgatc tacacatttc tggcctcgaa caattaggcg cgaccatcaa actggaagaa 
0421 ggttacgtta aagcttccgt cgatggtcgt ttgaaaggtg cacatatcgt gatggataaa gtcagcgttg 
0491 gcgcaacggt gaccatcatg tgtgctgcaa ccctggcgga aggcaccacg attattgaaa acgcagcgcg 
0561 tgaaccggaa atcgtcgata ccgcgaactt cctgattacg ctgggtgcga aaattagcgg tcagggcacc 
0631 gatcgtatcg tcatcgaagg tgtggaacgt ttaggcggcg gtgtctatcg cgttctgccg gatcgtatcg 
0701 aaaccggtac tttcctggtg gcggcggcga tttctcgcgg caaaattatc tgccgtaacg cgcagccaga 
0771 tactctcgac gccgtgctgg cgaaactgcg tgacgctgga gcggacatcg aagtcggcga agactggatt 
0841 agcctggata tgcatggcaa acgtccgaag gctgttaacg tacgtaccgc gccgcatccg gcattcccga 
0911 ccgatatgca ggcccagttc acgctgttga acctggtggc agaagggacc gggtttatca ccgaaacggt 
0981 ctttgaaaac cgctttatgc atgtgccaga gctgagccgt atgggcgcgc acgccgaaat cgaaagcaat 
1051 accgttattt gtcacggtgt tgaaaaactt tctggcgcac aggttatggc aaccgatctg cgtgcatcag 
1121 caagcctggt gctggctggc tgtattgcgg aagggacgac ggtggttgat cgtatttatc acatcgatcg 
1191 tggctacgaa cgcattgaag acaaactgcg cgctttaggt gcaaatattg agcgtgtgaa aggcgaataa 
1261 tcgtctgaga gctggcagcc ccgttcgcgg ggctaccgcc agaccactca ttttttcggt ttagtgtagc 
1331 tacgcatcaa ctgcgttctg tcgataaact