| UDP-N-acetylmuramate—L-alanine ligase | |||||||||
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| Identifiers | |||||||||
| EC no. | 6.3.2.8 | ||||||||
| CAS no. | 9023-52-3 | ||||||||
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| BRENDA | enzyme data | ||||||||
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view | ||||||||
| KEGG | enzyme entry | ||||||||
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway | ||||||||
| Rhea | reactions | ||||||||
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum | ||||||||
| Gene Ontology | AmiGO / QuickGO | ||||||||
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In enzymology, a UDP-N-acetylmuramate—L-alanine ligase (EC 6.3.2.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
- ATP + UDP-N-acetylmuramate + L-alanine ADP + phosphate + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine
The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, UDP-N-acetylmuramate, and L-alanine, whereas its 3 products are ADP, phosphate, and UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine.
This enzyme belongs to the family of ligases, specifically those forming carbon-nitrogen bonds as acid-D-amino-acid ligases (peptide synthases). The systematic name of this enzyme class is UDP-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase (ADP-forming). Other names in common use include MurC synthetase, UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine synthetase, uridine diphospho-N-acetylmuramoylalanine synthetase, UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine synthetase, L-alanine-adding enzyme, UDP-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine synthetase, UDPMurNAc-L-alanine synthetase, L-Ala ligase, uridine diphosphate N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase, uridine 5'-diphosphate-N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine synthetase, uridine-diphosphate-N-acetylmuramate:L-alanine ligase, UDP-MurNAc:L-alanine ligase, alanine-adding enzyme, and UDP-N-acetylmuramyl:L-alanine ligase. This enzyme participates in d-glutamine and d-glutamate metabolism and peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
