MurB

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  • Description: UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase

Gene name murB
Synonyms ylxC
Essential yes PubMed
Product UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvoylglucosamine reductase
Function peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
Metabolic function and regulation of this protein in SubtiPathways:
Cell wall
MW, pI 32 kDa, 6.087
Gene length, protein length 909 bp, 303 aa
Immediate neighbours murG, divIB
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
MurB context.gif
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The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU15230

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: UDP-N-acetylmuramate + NADP+ = UDP-N-acetyl-3-O-(1-carboxyvinyl)-D-glucosamine + NADPH (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Protein family: FAD-binding PCMH-type domain (according to Swiss-Prot)
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification:
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Interactions:
  • Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Adriano Henriques, Lisbon, Portugal homepage

Your additional remarks

References

Jean van Heijenoort
Lipid intermediates in the biosynthesis of bacterial peptidoglycan.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2007, 71(4);620-35
[PubMed:18063720] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Gonçalo Real, Adriano O Henriques
Localization of the Bacillus subtilis murB gene within the dcw cluster is important for growth and sporulation.
J Bacteriol: 2006, 188(5);1721-32
[PubMed:16484183] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S L Rowland, J Errington, R G Wake
The Bacillus subtilis cell-division 135-137 degrees region contains an essential orf with significant similarity to murB and a dispensable sbp gene.
Gene: 1995, 164(1);113-6
[PubMed:7590298] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

  1. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed