3twd

Structural highlights

Function

GLMU_ECOLI Catalyzes the last two sequential reactions in the de novo biosynthetic pathway for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc). The C-terminal domain catalyzes the transfer of acetyl group from acetyl coenzyme A to glucosamine-1-phosphate (GlcN-1-P) to produce N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate (GlcNAc-1-P), which is converted into UDP-GlcNAc by the transfer of uridine 5-monophosphate (from uridine 5-triphosphate), a reaction catalyzed by the N-terminal domain.^{[1] [2]}

See Also

• N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase

References

1. ↑ Mengin-Lecreulx D, van Heijenoort J. Copurification of glucosamine-1-phosphate acetyltransferase and N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate uridyltransferase activities of Escherichia coli: characterization of the glmU gene product as a bifunctional enzyme catalyzing two subsequent steps in the pathway for UDP-N-acetylglucosamine synthesis. J Bacteriol. 1994 Sep;176(18):5788-95. PMID:8083170
2. ↑ Gehring AM, Lees WJ, Mindiola DJ, Walsh CT, Brown ED. Acetyltransfer precedes uridylyltransfer in the formation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in separable active sites of the bifunctional GlmU protein of Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 1996 Jan 16;35(2):579-85. PMID:8555230 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi952275a