>TIGR01173 glmU UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase; InterPro: IPR005882 N-Acetylglucosamine-1-PO(4) uridyltransferase (GlmU, 2.7.7.23 from EC) is a trimeric bifunctional enzyme that catalyzes the last two sequential reactions in the de novo biosynthetic pathway for UDP-GlcNAc. The X-ray crystal structure of Escherichia coli GlmU in complex with UDP-GlcNAc and CoA has been determined to 2.1 A resolution and reveals a two-domain architecture that is responsible for these two reactions . The C-terminal domain is responsible for the CoA-dependent acetylation of Glc-1-PO(4) to GlcNAc-1-PO(4) and displays the longest left-handed parallel beta-helix observed to date. The acetyltransferase active site defined by the binding site for CoA makes use of residues from all three subunits and is positioned beneath an open cavity large enough to accommodate the Glc-1-PO(4) acetyl acceptor. The N-terminal domain catalyzes uridyl transfer from UTP to GlcNAc-1-PO(4) to form the final products UDP-GlcNAc and pyrophosphate. This domain is composed of a central seven-stranded beta-sheet surrounded by six alpha-helices in a Rossmann fold-like topology. ; GO: 0003977 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase activity, 0009103 lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process.

Probab=99.71  E-value=1.5e-17  Score=89.72  Aligned_cols=37  Identities=16%  Similarity=0.304  Sum_probs=25.6

Q ss_pred             CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEECCCEEECCCCEECCCE
Q ss_conf             1101111111124322013974984998888996980
Q gi|254781223|r   71 AEVGGDAFVIGFTVISGNARVRGNAVVGGDTVVEGDT  107 (110)
Q Consensus        71 ~~i~~~~~i~~~~~I~~~~~I~~~~~I~~~~~I~~~~  107 (110)
T Consensus       401 T~IGd~VFiGSnt~LVAPV~iG~gA~iaAGstvt~DV  437 (461)
T TIGR01173       401 TIIGDGVFIGSNTQLVAPVKIGDGATIAAGSTVTKDV  437 (461)
T ss_pred             CEECCCCEECCCCEEECCEEECCCCEECCCCEEECCC
T ss_conf             4864887877676045543943811871241480234