... Institute of Plant Sciences, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Department of Biology, Zu¨rich, Switzerland;2Universita¨tZu¨rich, Institute of Biochemistry, Zu¨rich, SwitzerlandUDP-N-acetylglucosamine ... [9]), and closed(B, PDB entry 1UAE [11]), conformation. Thethiol group of C115 is highlighted in green and the nitrogen atoms of R120 and K22 in blue.The open form of MurA is unliganded (A) and the ... biosynthesis of UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid) (A) and inactivation mechanism of MurA byfosfomycin as a result of the covalent linkage between Cys115 of MurA and fosfomycin (B).Ó FEBS 2004 Lysine 22 and...