MraY

• Description: phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (meso-2,6-diaminopimelate)
  
  

Gene name	mraY
Synonyms
Essential	yes PubMed
Product	phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase (meso-2,6-diaminopimelate)
Function	peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis
MW, pI	35 kDa, 8.966
Gene length, protein length	972 bp, 324 aa
Immediate neighbours	murE, murD
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList

The gene

Basic information

• Coordinates:

Phenotypes of a mutant

essential PubMed

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: MraY subfamily (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

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• Interactions:

• Localization: cell membrane (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• Swiss prot entry: Q03521

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: murE-mraY-murD-spoVE-murG-murB-divIB-ylxW-ylxX-sbp

• Sigma factor: SigE

• Regulation:

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• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

1. Al-Dabbagh B, Henry X, El Ghachi M, Auger G, Blanot D, Parquet C, Mengin-Lecreulx D, Bouhss A. (2008) Active site mapping of MraY, a member of the polyprenyl-phosphate N-acetylhexosamine 1-phosphate transferase superfamily, catalyzing the first membrane step of peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Biochemistry. Aug 26;47(34): 8919-28. PubMed
2. Author1, Author2 & Author3 (year) Title Journal volume: page-page. PubMed