Structural highlights
Function
DAPF_HAEIN Catalyzes the stereoinversion of LL-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate (L,L-DAP) to meso-diaminoheptanedioate (meso-DAP), a precursor of L-lysine and an essential component of the bacterial peptidoglycan. Only accepts DAP isomers with the L configuration.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf.
References
- ↑ Koo CW, Blanchard JS. Chemical mechanism of Haemophilus influenzae diaminopimelate epimerase. Biochemistry. 1999 Apr 6;38(14):4416-22. PMID:10194362 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi982911f
