CATH Classification

Domain Context

CATH Clusters

Superfamily 1.10.530.10
Functional Family Endo-type membrane-bound lytic murein transglycosylase A

Enzyme Information

4.2.2.n2
Peptidoglycan lytic endotransglycosylase.
based on mapping to UniProt P0C960
Endolytic cleavage of the (1->4)-beta-glycosidic linkage between N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) and N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residues in peptidoglycan with concomitant formation of a 1,6-anhydrobond in the MurNAc residue.

UniProtKB Entries (1)

P0C960
EMTA_ECOLI
Escherichia coli K-12
Endo-type membrane-bound lytic murein transglycosylase A

PDB Structure

PDB 2Y8P
External Links
Method X-RAY DIFFRACTION
Organism
Primary Citation
High-Resolution Crystal Structure of Mlte, an Outer Membrane-Anchored Endolytic Peptidoglycan Lytic Transglycosylase from Escherichia Coli.
Artola-Recolons, C., Carrasco-Lopez, C., Llarrull, L.I., Kumarasiri, M., Lastochkin, E., Martinez De Ilarduya, I., Meindl, K., Uson, I., Mobashery, S., Hermoso, J.A.
Biochemistry