ID DAPF_RICPR Reviewed; 270 AA. AC Q9ZDB7; DT 30-MAY-2000, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-MAY-1999, sequence version 1. DT 27-MAR-2024, entry version 114. DE RecName: Full=Diaminopimelate epimerase {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}; DE Short=DAP epimerase {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}; DE EC=5.1.1.7 {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}; DE AltName: Full=PLP-independent amino acid racemase {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}; GN Name=dapF {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}; OrderedLocusNames=RP415; OS Rickettsia prowazekii (strain Madrid E). OC Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Alphaproteobacteria; Rickettsiales; OC Rickettsiaceae; Rickettsieae; Rickettsia; typhus group. OX NCBI_TaxID=272947; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA]. RC STRAIN=Madrid E; RX PubMed=9823893; DOI=10.1038/24094; RA Andersson S.G.E., Zomorodipour A., Andersson J.O., Sicheritz-Ponten T., RA Alsmark U.C.M., Podowski R.M., Naeslund A.K., Eriksson A.-S., Winkler H.H., RA Kurland C.G.; RT "The genome sequence of Rickettsia prowazekii and the origin of RT mitochondria."; RL Nature 396:133-140(1998). CC -!- FUNCTION: Catalyzes the stereoinversion of LL-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate CC (L,L-DAP) to meso-diaminoheptanedioate (meso-DAP), a precursor of L- CC lysine and an essential component of the bacterial peptidoglycan. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}. CC -!- CATALYTIC ACTIVITY: CC Reaction=(2S,6S)-2,6-diaminoheptanedioate = meso-2,6- CC diaminoheptanedioate; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:15393, ChEBI:CHEBI:57609, CC ChEBI:CHEBI:57791; EC=5.1.1.7; Evidence={ECO:0000255|HAMAP- CC Rule:MF_00197}; CC -!- PATHWAY: Amino-acid biosynthesis; L-lysine biosynthesis via DAP CC pathway; DL-2,6-diaminopimelate from LL-2,6-diaminopimelate: step 1/1. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Homodimer. {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}. CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Cytoplasm {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the diaminopimelate epimerase family. CC {ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; AJ235271; CAA14872.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR PIR; F71699; F71699. DR RefSeq; NP_220796.1; NC_000963.1. DR RefSeq; WP_010886289.1; NC_000963.1. DR AlphaFoldDB; Q9ZDB7; -. DR SMR; Q9ZDB7; -. DR STRING; 272947.gene:17555495; -. DR EnsemblBacteria; CAA14872; CAA14872; CAA14872. DR GeneID; 57569540; -. DR KEGG; rpr:RP415; -. DR PATRIC; fig|272947.5.peg.428; -. DR eggNOG; COG0253; Bacteria. DR HOGENOM; CLU_053306_1_0_5; -. DR OrthoDB; 9805408at2; -. DR UniPathway; UPA00034; UER00025. DR Proteomes; UP000002480; Chromosome. DR GO; GO:0005737; C:cytoplasm; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0008837; F:diaminopimelate epimerase activity; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule. DR GO; GO:0009089; P:lysine biosynthetic process via diaminopimelate; IEA:UniProtKB-UniRule. DR HAMAP; MF_00197; DAP_epimerase; 1. DR InterPro; IPR018510; DAP_epimerase_AS. DR InterPro; IPR001653; DAP_epimerase_DapF. DR NCBIfam; TIGR00652; DapF; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR31689:SF0; DIAMINOPIMELATE EPIMERASE; 1. DR PANTHER; PTHR31689; DIAMINOPIMELATE EPIMERASE, CHLOROPLASTIC; 1. DR Pfam; PF01678; DAP_epimerase; 2. DR SUPFAM; SSF54506; Diaminopimelate epimerase-like; 2. DR PROSITE; PS01326; DAP_EPIMERASE; 1. PE 3: Inferred from homology; KW Amino-acid biosynthesis; Cytoplasm; Isomerase; Lysine biosynthesis; KW Reference proteome. FT CHAIN 1..270 FT /note="Diaminopimelate epimerase" FT /id="PRO_0000149867" FT ACT_SITE 75 FT /note="Proton donor" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT ACT_SITE 213 FT /note="Proton acceptor" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 15 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 49 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 66 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 76..77 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 155 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 187 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 204..205 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT BINDING 214..215 FT /ligand="substrate" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT SITE 157 FT /note="Could be important to modulate the pK values of the FT two catalytic cysteine residues" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" FT SITE 204 FT /note="Could be important to modulate the pK values of the FT two catalytic cysteine residues" FT /evidence="ECO:0000255|HAMAP-Rule:MF_00197" SQ SEQUENCE 270 AA; 30185 MW; 40F5A987270AE627 CRC64; MINKINFVKM HGLGNDFVIV NKRDLATSYN LSHLAKNMAD RHTGIGCDQC IIYEENNDFY TMIIYNIDGS SAKLCGNAIR CLAKLIYLDT GKQNITVMVG KKKLLCNVKA ANKISVNVGN VSFNETWMPS RDKIWKFAER YMLDLKEMLC VDIGNPHLII FSKLEPQDKT IIGQKLQAKE LFADGVNVNF AEVKDNKIYL SVWERGAGLT LACGSGACAS FAAGLKLGFV HSPSTVVFEY GNLIMREEDG NIIMQGAATF VMRGEYYYEK //