Anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase

Anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase
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EC no.2.7.1.170
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Anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase (EC 2.7.1.170, anhMurNAc kinase, AnmK) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-beta-muramate 6-phosphotransferase.[1] It catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP +
 
2D representation of the chemical structure of Q27120403.
1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-β-muramic acid
 
 
 
Rightward reaction arrow
 
 
 
ADP +
 
2D representation of the chemical structure of Q27120887.
N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate

The enzyme characterised from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa converts 1,6-anhydro-N-acetyl-β-muramic acid to N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate by transferring a phosphate group from the cofactor, adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is converted to adenosine diphosphate (ADP).[2][3][4]

N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate

The product is then converted to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate by N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate etherase. This sequence allows these organisms to recycle their cell wall.[2][5]

References

  1. ↑ Enzyme 2.7.1.170 at KEGG Pathway Database.
  2. 1 2 Uehara T, Suefuji K, Valbuena N, Meehan B, Donegan M, Park JT (June 2005). "Recycling of the anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid derived from cell wall murein involves a two-step conversion to N-acetylglucosamine-phosphate". Journal of Bacteriology. 187 (11): 3643–9. doi:10.1128/jb.187.11.3643-3649.2005. PMC 1112033. PMID 15901686.
  3. ↑ Uehara T, Suefuji K, Jaeger T, Mayer C, Park JT (February 2006). "MurQ Etherase is required by Escherichia coli in order to metabolize anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid obtained either from the environment or from its own cell wall". Journal of Bacteriology. 188 (4): 1660–2. doi:10.1128/jb.188.4.1660-1662.2006. PMC 1367226. PMID 16452451.
  4. ↑ Bacik JP, Whitworth GE, Stubbs KA, Yadav AK, Martin DR, Bailey-Elkin BA, Vocadlo DJ, Mark BL (April 2011). "Molecular basis of 1,6-anhydro bond cleavage and phosphoryl transfer by Pseudomonas aeruginosa 1,6-anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid kinase". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 286 (14): 12283–91. doi:10.1074/jbc.m110.198317. PMC 3069431. PMID 21288904.
  5. ↑ Jaeger T, Mayer C (March 2008). "N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate lyases (MurNAc etherases): role in cell wall metabolism, distribution, structure, and mechanism". Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 65 (6): 928–39. doi:10.1007/s00018-007-7399-x. PMC 11131651. PMID 18049859.