N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate etherase

N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate etherase (EC 4.2.1.126, MurNAc-6-P etherase, MurQ) is an enzyme with systematic name (R)-lactate hydro-lyase (adding N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate; N-acetylmuramate 6-phosphate-forming).^{[1][2][3][4][5]} This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(R)-lactate + N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-phosphate ${\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }$ N-acetylmuramate 6-phosphate + H₂O

N-acetylmuramic acid 6-phosphate etherase
Identifiers
EC no.	4.2.1.126
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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This enzyme is required for the utilization of anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid in some Pseudomonadota.