ENTRY       EC 6.3.2.9
NAME        UDP-N-acetylmuramoylalanine--D-glutamate ligase
            UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate synthetase
CLASS       Ligases
            Forming carbon-nitrogen bonds
            Acid--amino-acid ligases (peptide synthases)
SYSNAME     UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:glutamate ligase(ADP-forming)
REACTION    ATP + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine + Glutamate =
            ADP + Orthophosphate + UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate
SUBSTRATE   ATP
            UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine
            Glutamate
PRODUCT     ADP
            Orthophosphate
            UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate
COMMENT     Involved with EC 6.3.2.4, 6.3.2.7-8 and 6.3.2.10 in the
            synthesis of a cell-wall peptide.
PATHWAY     PATH: MAP00471  D-Glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism
            PATH: MAP00550  Peptideglycan biosynthesis
GENES       ECO: b0088(murD)
            HIN: HI1136(murD)
            HPY: HP0494(murD)
            BSU: murD
            SYN: sll2010(murD)
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 6.3.2.9
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 6.3.2.9
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