Undecaprenyl-phosphate 4-deoxy-4-formamido-L-arabinose transferase explained

Undecaprenyl-phosphate 4-deoxy-4-formamido-L-arabinose transferase
Ec Number:	2.7.8.30

Undecaprenyl-phosphate 4-deoxy-4-formamido-L-arabinose transferase (undecaprenyl-phosphate Ara4FN transferase, Ara4FN transferase, polymyxin resistance protein PmrF, ) is an enzyme with systematic name .^{[1] [2]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

\rightleftharpoons UDP +

The enzyme shows no activity with UDP-4-amino-4-deoxy-beta-L-arabinose.

Notes and References

1. Breazeale SD, Ribeiro AA, Raetz CR . Oxidative decarboxylation of UDP-glucuronic acid in extracts of polymyxin-resistant Escherichia coli. Origin of lipid a species modified with 4-amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 277 . 4 . 2886–96 . January 2002 . 11706007 . 10.1074/jbc.M109377200 . free .
2. Breazeale SD, Ribeiro AA, McClerren AL, Raetz CR . A formyltransferase required for polymyxin resistance in Escherichia coli and the modification of lipid A with 4-Amino-4-deoxy-L-arabinose. Identification and function oF UDP-4-deoxy-4-formamido-L-arabinose . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 280 . 14 . 14154–67 . April 2005 . 15695810 . 10.1074/jbc.M414265200 . free .