UniProt functional annotation for P07862

UniProt code: P07862.

Organism: Escherichia coli (strain K12).
Taxonomy: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia.
 
Function: Cell wall formation.
 
Catalytic activity: Reaction=ATP + 2 D-alanine = ADP + D-alanyl-D-alanine + H(+) + phosphate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:11224, ChEBI:CHEBI:15378, ChEBI:CHEBI:30616, ChEBI:CHEBI:43474, ChEBI:CHEBI:57416, ChEBI:CHEBI:57822, ChEBI:CHEBI:456216; EC=6.3.2.4;
Cofactor: Name=Mg(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:18420; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Name=Mn(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29035; Evidence={ECO:0000250}; Note=Binds 2 magnesium or manganese ions per subunit. {ECO:0000250};
Pathway: Cell wall biogenesis; peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
Subunit: Monomer.
Subcellular location: Cytoplasm.
Similarity: Belongs to the D-alanine--D-alanine ligase family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.