Protein Family Models

This enzyme domain cleaves the amide bond between N-acetylmuramoyl and L-amino acids in bacterial cell walls. Characterisation of Swiss:P37134. [1]. 1495475. Genetic structure, isolation and characterization of a Bacillus licheniformis cell wall hydrolase. Kuroda A, Sugimoto Y, Funahashi T, Sekiguchi J;. Mol Gen Genet 1992;234:129-137. (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16

This domain is composed of three alpha helices [1]. This domain is found at the N or C terminus of a variety of enzymes involved in bacterial cell wall degradation [2]. This domain may have a general peptidoglycan binding function. This family is found N-terminal to the catalytic domain of matrixins [3]. The domain is found to bind peptidoglycan experimentally [4]. This paper gives the crystal structure for this domain. However no function is given for this domain. [1]. 7121588. Structure of a Zn2+-containing D-alanyl-D-alanine-cleaving carboxypeptidase at 2.5 A resolution. Dideberg O, Charlier P, Dive G, Joris B, Frere JM, Ghuysen JM;. Nature 1982;299:469-470. [2]. 1683402. Cloning, expression, sequence analysis and biochemical characterization of an autolytic amidase of Bacillus subtilis 168 trpC2. Foster SJ;. J Gen Microbiol 1991;137:1987-1998. [3]. 7656014. The NMR structure of the inhibited catalytic domain of human stromelysin-1. Gooley PR, O'Connell JF, Marcy AI, Cuca GC, Salowe SP, Bush BL, Hermes JD, Esser CK, Hagmann WK, Springer JP, et al;. Nat Struct Biol 1994;1:111-118. [4]. 17697255. Muralytic activity and modular structure of the endolysins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophages phiKZ and EL. Briers Y, Volckaert G, Cornelissen A, Lagaert S, Michiels CW, Hertveldt K, Lavigne R;. Mol Microbiol. 2007;65:1334-1344. (from Pfam)

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2024-10-16

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase containing a peptidoglycan binding domain, similar to Mycobacterium tuberculosis peptidoglycan hydrolase CwlM, a cell-wall hydrolase that hydrolyzes the amide bond between N-acetylmuramic acid and L-alanine in cell-wall glycopeptides

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2020-12-10

Gene:

cwlM

Date:

2020-01-10