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Wolbachia,  an endosymbiont of filarial nematode, is considered a promising target for treatment of lymphatic filariasis. Although functional characterization of the  Wolbachia  peptidoglycan assembly has not been fully explored, the  Wolbachia  genome provides evidence for coding all of the genes involved in lipid II biosynthesis, a part of peptidoglycan biosynthesis pathway. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase (MurA) is one of the lipid II biosynthesis pathway enzymes and it has inevitably been recognized as an antibiotic target. In view of the vital role of MurA in bacterial viability and survival, MurA ortholog from  Wolbachia  endosymbiont of  Brugia malayi  ( w Bm-MurA) was cloned, expressed and purified for further molecular characterization. The enzyme kinetics and inhibition studies were undertaken using fosfomycin.  w Bm-MurA was found to be expressed in all the major life stages of  B. malayi  and was immunolocalized in  Wolbachia  within the microfilariae and female adults by the confocal microscopy. Sequence analysis suggests that the amino acids crucial for enzymatic activity are conserved. The purified  w Bm-MurA was shown to possess the EPSP synthase (3-phosphoshikimate 1-carboxyvinyltransferase) like activity at a broad pH range with optimal activity at pH 7.5 and 37°C temperature. The apparent affinity constant ( K   m ) for the substrate UDP-N-acetylglucosamine was found to be 0.03149 mM and for phosphoenolpyruvate 0.009198 mM. The relative enzymatic activity was inhibited ∼2 fold in presence of fosfomycin. Superimposition of the  w Bm-MurA homology model with the structural model of  Haemophilus influenzae  ( Hi- MurA) suggests binding of fosfomycin at the same active site. The findings suggest  w Bm-MurA to be a putative antifilarial drug target for screening of novel compounds.

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Cloning, Expression and Characterization of UDP-N-Acetylglucosamine Enolpyruvyl Transferase (MurA) from Wolbachia Endosymbiont of Human Lymphatic Filarial Parasite Brugia malayi