N acetylmuramoyl L alanyl D glutamyl L lysyl (N6 triglycine) D alanyl D alanine diphosphoundecaprenyl N acetylglucosamine:glycine glycyltransferase

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-(N⁶-triglycine)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine:glycine glycyltransferase (EC 2.3.2.18, femB (gene)) is an enzyme with systematic name N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamyl-L-lysyl-(N⁶-triglycine)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-ditrans,octacis-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine:glycine glycyltransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-lysyl-(N⁶-triglycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine + 2 glycyl-tRNA ⇌ N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-lysyl-(N⁶-pentaglycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine + 2 tRNA

This Staphylococcus aureus enzyme catalyses the successive transfer of two glycine moieties from charged tRNAs to N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-isoglutaminyl-L-lysyl-(N6-triglycyl)-D-alanyl-D-alanine-diphosphoundecaprenyl-N-acetylglucosamine.