microglycodb_gene_00192

Gene Number Cj1641
Gene Name murE    
UniProt ID O69290
NOTES - phase variation etc Involved in cell wall formation; peptidoglycan synthesis; cytoplasmic enzyme; catalyzes the addition of meso-diaminopimelic acid to the nucleotide precursor UDP-N-aceylmuramoyl-l-alanyl-d-glutamate
Sugar/modification added
Reviewed true
Biosynthesis Peptidoglycan biosynthesis
Organism Campylobacter jejuni
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 Catalyzes the addition of meso-diaminopimelic acid to the nucleotide precursor UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate (UMAG) in the biosynthesis of bacterial cell-wall peptidoglycan.