Identification
Name:Glucosamine--fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase [isomerizing]
Synonyms:
  • D-fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase
  • GFAT
  • Glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase
  • Hexosephosphate aminotransferase
  • L-glutamine-D-fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase
Gene Name:glmS
Enzyme Class:
Biological Properties
General Function:Involved in metabolic process
Specific Function:Catalyzes the first step in hexosamine metabolism, converting fructose-6P into glucosamine-6P using glutamine as a nitrogen source
Cellular Location:Cytoplasm
SMPDB Pathways:
KEGG Pathways:
  • Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism ec00250
  • Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism ec00520
  • Lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis ec00540
  • Metabolic pathways eco01100
KEGG Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
SMPDB Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0L-Glutamic acid+1.0Thumb
1.0Fructose 6-phosphate+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0L-Glutamic acid+1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
1.0Fructose 6-phosphate + 1.0L-Glutamine + 1.0Fructose 6-phosphate → 1.0L-Glutamic acid + 1.0Glucosamine 6-phosphate + 1.0L-Glutamate
ReactionCard
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0D-glucosamine 6-phosphate+1.0Thumb
1.0D-tagatofuranose 6-phosphate + 1.0L-Glutamine ↔ 1.0D-glucosamine 6-phosphate + 1.0L-Glutamate
ReactionCard
EcoCyc Reactions:
1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb1.0Thumb+1.0Thumb
Metabolites:
ECMDB IDNameView
ECMDB24205D-tagatofuranose 6-phosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB00124Fructose 6-phosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB01254Glucosamine 6-phosphateMetaboCard
ECMDB00148L-GlutamateMetaboCard
ECMDB00641L-GlutamineMetaboCard
GO Classification:
Component
cell part
cytoplasm
intracellular part
Function
binding
carbohydrate binding
catalytic activity
glutamine-fructose-6-phosphate transaminase (isomerizing) activity
sugar binding
transaminase activity
transferase activity
transferase activity, transferring nitrogenous groups
Process
carbohydrate biosynthetic process
carbohydrate metabolic process
metabolic process
primary metabolic process
Gene Properties
Blattner:b3729
Gene OrientationCounterclockwise
Centisome Percentage:84.27
Left Sequence End3909862
Right Sequence End3911691
Gene Sequence:
>1830 bp
ATGTGTGGAATTGTTGGCGCGATCGCGCAACGTGATGTAGCAGAAATCCTTCTTGAAGGT
TTACGTCGTCTGGAATACCGCGGATATGACTCTGCCGGTCTGGCCGTTGTTGATGCAGAA
GGTCATATGACCCGCCTGCGTCGCCTCGGTAAAGTCCAGATGCTGGCACAGGCAGCGGAA
GAACATCCTCTGCATGGCGGCACTGGTATTGCTCACACTCGCTGGGCGACCCACGGTGAA
CCTTCAGAAGTGAATGCGCATCCGCATGTTTCTGAACACATTGTGGTGGTGCATAACGGC
ATCATCGAAAACCATGAACCGCTGCGTGAAGAGCTAAAAGCGCGTGGCTATACCTTCGTT
TCTGAAACCGACACCGAAGTGATTGCCCATCTGGTGAACTGGGAGCTGAAACAAGGCGGG
ACTCTGCGTGAGGCCGTTCTGCGTGCTATCCCGCAGCTGCGTGGTGCGTACGGTACAGTG
ATCATGGACTCCCGTCACCCGGATACCCTGCTGGCGGCACGTTCTGGTAGTCCGCTGGTG
ATTGGCCTGGGGATGGGCGAAAACTTTATCGCTTCTGACCAGCTGGCGCTGTTGCCGGTG
ACCCGTCGCTTTATCTTCCTTGAAGAGGGCGATATTGCGGAAATCACTCGCCGTTCGGTA
AACATCTTCGATAAAACTGGCGCGGAAGTAAAACGTCAGGATATCGAATCCAATCTGCAA
TATGACGCGGGCGATAAAGGCATTTACCGTCACTACATGCAGAAAGAGATCTACGAACAG
CCGAACGCGATCAAAAACACCCTTACCGGACGCATCAGCCACGGTCAGGTTGATTTAAGC
GAGCTGGGACCGAACGCCGACGAACTGCTGTCGAAGGTTGAGCATATTCAGATCCTCGCC
TGTGGTACTTCTTATAACTCCGGTATGGTTTCCCGCTACTGGTTTGAATCGCTAGCAGGT
ATTCCGTGCGACGTCGAAATCGCCTCTGAATTCCGCTATCGCAAATCTGCCGTGCGTCGT
AACAGCCTGATGATCACCTTGTCACAGTCTGGCGAAACCGCGGATACCCTGGCTGGCCTG
CGTCTGTCGAAAGAGCTGGGTTACCTTGGTTCACTGGCAATCTGTAACGTTCCGGGTTCT
TCTCTGGTGCGCGAATCCGATCTGGCGCTAATGACCAACGCGGGTACAGAAATCGGCGTG
GCATCCACTAAAGCATTCACCACTCAGTTAACTGTGCTGTTGATGCTGGTGGCGAAGCTG
TCTCGCCTGAAAGGTCTGGATGCCTCCATTGAACATGACATCGTGCATGGTCTGCAGGCG
CTGCCGAGCCGTATTGAGCAGATGCTGTCTCAGGACAAACGCATTGAAGCGCTGGCAGAA
GATTTCTCTGACAAACATCACGCGCTGTTCCTGGGCCGTGGCGATCAGTACCCAATCGCG
CTGGAAGGCGCATTGAAGTTGAAAGAGATCTCTTACATTCACGCTGAAGCCTACGCTGCT
GGCGAACTGAAACACGGTCCGCTGGCGCTAATTGATGCCGATATGCCGGTTATTGTTGTT
GCACCGAACAACGAATTGCTGGAAAAACTGAAATCCAACATTGAAGAAGTTCGCGCGCGT
GGCGGTCAGTTGTATGTCTTCGCCGATCAGGATGCGGGTTTTGTAAGTAGCGATAACATG
CACATCATCGAGATGCCGCATGTGGAAGAGGTGATTGCACCGATCTTCTACACCGTTCCG
CTGCAGCTGCTGGCTTACCATGTCGCGCTGATCAAAGGCACCGACGTTGACCAGCCGCGT
AACCTGGCAAAATCGGTTACGGTTGAGTAA
Protein Properties
Pfam Domain Function:
Protein Residues:609
Protein Molecular Weight:66894
Protein Theoretical pI:6
PDB File:1JXA
Signaling Regions:
  • None
Transmembrane Regions:
  • None
Protein Sequence:
>Glucosamine--fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase [isomerizing]
MCGIVGAIAQRDVAEILLEGLRRLEYRGYDSAGLAVVDAEGHMTRLRRLGKVQMLAQAAE
EHPLHGGTGIAHTRWATHGEPSEVNAHPHVSEHIVVVHNGIIENHEPLREELKARGYTFV
SETDTEVIAHLVNWELKQGGTLREAVLRAIPQLRGAYGTVIMDSRHPDTLLAARSGSPLV
IGLGMGENFIASDQLALLPVTRRFIFLEEGDIAEITRRSVNIFDKTGAEVKRQDIESNLQ
YDAGDKGIYRHYMQKEIYEQPNAIKNTLTGRISHGQVDLSELGPNADELLSKVEHIQILA
CGTSYNSGMVSRYWFESLAGIPCDVEIASEFRYRKSAVRRNSLMITLSQSGETADTLAGL
RLSKELGYLGSLAICNVPGSSLVRESDLALMTNAGTEIGVASTKAFTTQLTVLLMLVAKL
SRLKGLDASIEHDIVHGLQALPSRIEQMLSQDKRIEALAEDFSDKHHALFLGRGDQYPIA
LEGALKLKEISYIHAEAYAAGELKHGPLALIDADMPVIVVAPNNELLEKLKSNIEEVRAR
GGQLYVFADQDAGFVSSDNMHIIEMPHVEEVIAPIFYTVPLQLLAYHVALIKGTDVDQPR
NLAKSVTVE
References
External Links:
ResourceLink
Uniprot ID:P17169
Uniprot Name:GLMS_ECOLI
GenBank Gene ID:AP009048
Genebank Protein ID:85676309
PDB ID:1JXA
Ecogene ID:EG10382
Ecocyc:EG10382
ColiBase:b3729
Kegg Gene:b3729
EchoBASE ID:EB0377
CCDB:GLMS_ECOLI
BacMap:16131597
General Reference:
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  • Hayashi, K., Morooka, N., Yamamoto, Y., Fujita, K., Isono, K., Choi, S., Ohtsubo, E., Baba, T., Wanner, B. L., Mori, H., Horiuchi, T. (2006). "Highly accurate genome sequences of Escherichia coli K-12 strains MG1655 and W3110." Mol Syst Biol 2:2006.0007. Pubmed: 16738553
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  • McKown, R. L., Orle, K. A., Chen, T., Craig, N. L. (1988). "Sequence requirements of Escherichia coli attTn7, a specific site of transposon Tn7 insertion." J Bacteriol 170:352-358. Pubmed: 2826397
  • Teplyakov, A., Obmolova, G., Badet-Denisot, M. A., Badet, B. (1999). "The mechanism of sugar phosphate isomerization by glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase." Protein Sci 8:596-602. Pubmed: 10091662
  • Teplyakov, A., Obmolova, G., Badet-Denisot, M. A., Badet, B., Polikarpov, I. (1998). "Involvement of the C terminus in intramolecular nitrogen channeling in glucosamine 6-phosphate synthase: evidence from a 1.6 A crystal structure of the isomerase domain." Structure 6:1047-1055. Pubmed: 9739095
  • Walker, J. E., Gay, N. J., Saraste, M., Eberle, A. N. (1984). "DNA sequence around the Escherichia coli unc operon. Completion of the sequence of a 17 kilobase segment containing asnA, oriC, unc, glmS and phoS." Biochem J 224:799-815. Pubmed: 6395859