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Family-organised sequence, structure, mechanism and substrate-specificity records for the CAZy glycosyltransferases

ftsW

Escherichia coli (strain K12) · Probable peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase FtsW (EC 2.4.99.28)

GT119Model organism · annotation ≥ 4Fold GT-CInverting

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Identification and annotation

CAZy familyGT119 · CAZy entry
Gene symbolftsW
Synonyms / alternate names
  • Cell division protein FtsW
  • Cell wall polymerase
  • Lipid II flippase FtsW
  • Peptidoglycan polymerase
UniProt accessionP0ABG4
NCBI Gene ID93777345; 946322
Source speciesEscherichia coli (strain K12)
Taxonomic domainBacteria
UniProt annotation level5

Function and localisation

Enzyme functionProbable peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase FtsW (EC 2.4.99.28)
Subcellular locationnot curated

Structure and mechanism

Fold typeGT-C
Catalytic mechanismInverting
Cation dependenceNo
Oligomeric stateForms a complex with FtsI. Also interacts with FtsL, FtsQ an
PDB structuresnot curated

Donor and acceptor specificity

Sugar nucleotide donornot curated
Donor CCD code(s)not curated
Acceptor substrate(s)
  • [GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)](n)-di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
  • beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate
Acceptor CCD / GlycoCTnot curated

Protein sequences

Full protein sequence

414 aa
MRLSLPRLKMPRLPGFSILVWISTALKGWVMGSREKDTDSLIMYDRTLLWLTFGLAAIGFIMVTSASMPIGQRLTNDPFFFAKRDGVYLILAFILAIITLRLPMEFWQRYSATMLLGSIILLMIVLVVGSSVKGASRWIDLGLLRIQPAELTKLSLFCYIANYLVRKGDEVRNNLRGFLKPMGVILVLAVLLLAQPDLGTVVVLFVTTLAMLFLAGAKLWQFIAIIGMGISAVVLLILAEPYRIRRVTAFWNPWEDPFGSGYQLTQSLMAFGRGELWGQGLGNSVQKLEYLPEAHTDFIFAIIGEELGYVGVVLALLMVFFVAFRAMSIGRKALEIDHRFSGFLACSIGIWFSFQALVNVGAAAGMLPTKGLTLPLISYGGSSLLIMSTAIMMLLRIDYETRLEKAQAFVRGSR

Catalytic domain sequence

356 aa
TLLWLTFGLAAIGFIMVTSASMPIGQRLTNDPFFFAKRDGVYLILAFILAIITLRLPMEFWQRYSATMLLGSIILLMIVLVVGSSVKGASRWIDLGLLRIQPAELTKLSLFCYIANYLVRKGDEVRNNLRGFLKPMGVILVLAVLLLAQPDLGTVVVLFVTTLAMLFLAGAKLWQFIAIIGMGISAVVLLILAEPYRIRRVTAFWNPWEDPFGSGYQLTQSLMAFGRGELWGQGLGNSVQKLEYLPEAHTDFIFAIIGEELGYVGVVLALLMVFFVAFRAMSIGRKALEIDHRFSGFLACSIGIWFSFQALVNVGAAAGMLPTKGLTLPLISYGGSSLLIMSTAIMMLLRIDYETR