D-alanine—D-alanine ligase

D-ala D-ala ligase N-terminus
D-ala D-ala ligase N-terminus
	complex of y216f d-ala:d-ala ligase with adp and a phosphoryl phosphinate
Identifiers
Symbol	Dala_Dala_lig_N
Pfam	PF01820
InterPro	IPR011127
SCOP2	2dln / SCOPe / SUPFAM
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D-Alanine—D-alanine ligase
D-Alanine—D-alanine ligase
Identifiers
EC no.	6.3.2.4
CAS no.	9023-63-6
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene Ontology	AmiGO / QuickGO
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D-ala D-ala ligase C-terminus

complex of y216f d-ala:d-ala ligase with adp and a phosphoryl phosphinate

Identifiers

Symbol

Dala_Dala_lig_C

Pfam clan

2dln / SCOPe / SUPFAM

Available protein structures:
Pfam	structures / ECOD
PDB	RCSB PDB; PDBe; PDBj
PDBsum	structure summary

In enzymology, a D-alanine—D-alanine ligase (EC 6.3.2.4) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

ATP + 2 D-alanine

\rightleftharpoons

ADP + phosphate + D-alanyl-D-alanine

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP and D-alanine, whereas its 3 products are ADP, phosphate, and D-alanyl-D-alanine.

This enzyme belongs to the family of ligases, specifically those forming carbon-nitrogen bonds as acid-D-amino-acid ligases (peptide synthases). The systematic name of this enzyme class is D-alanine:D-alanine ligase (ADP-forming). Other names in common use include alanine:alanine ligase (ADP-forming), and alanylalanine synthetase. This enzyme participates in d-alanine metabolism and peptidoglycan biosynthesis. Phosphinate and D-cycloserine are known to inhibit this enzyme.

The N-terminal region of the D-alanine—D-alanine ligase is thought to be involved in substrate binding, while the C-terminus is thought to be a catalytic domain.^[1]

Structural studies

As of late 2007, 8 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes 1EHI, 1IOV, 1IOW, 2DLN, 2FB9, 2I80, 2I87, and 2I8C.

References

^ Roper DI, Huyton T, Vagin A, Dodson G (August 2000). "The molecular basis of vancomycin resistance in clinically relevant Enterococci: crystal structure of D-alanyl-D-lactate ligase (VanA)". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 (16): 8921–5. Bibcode:2000PNAS...97.8921R. doi:10.1073/pnas.150116497. PMC 16797. PMID 10908650.

Ito, E; Strominger JL (1962). "Enzymatic synthesis of the peptide in bacterial uridine nucleotides II. Enzymatic synthesis and addition of D-alanyl-D-alanine". J. Biol. Chem. 237: 2696–2703. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)73809-5.
Neuhaus FC (1962). "Kinetic studies on D-Ala-D-Ala synthetase". Fed. Proc. 21: 229.
van Heijenoort J (2001). "Recent advances in the formation of the bacterial peptidoglycan monomer unit". Nat. Prod. Rep. 18 (5): 503–19. doi:10.1039/a804532a. PMID 11699883.