Ligases;
Forming carbon-nitrogen bonds;
Acid-D-amino-acid ligases (peptide synthases)
BRITE hierarchy

D-alanine:D-alanine ligase (ADP-forming)

ATP + 2 D-alanine = ADP + phosphate + D-alanyl-D-alanine [RN:R01150]

R01150
Reaction

ATP [CPD:C00002];
D-alanine [CPD:C00133]

Involved with EC 6.3.2.7 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate---L-lysine ligase) or EC 6.3.2.13 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanyl-D-glutamate---2,6-diaminopimelate ligase), EC 6.3.2.8 (UDP-N-acetylmuramate---L-alanine ligase), EC 6.3.2.9 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine---D-glutamate ligase) and EC 6.3.2.10 (UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-tripeptide---D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase) in the synthesis of a cell-wall peptide (click here for diagram).

EC 6.3.2.4 created 1961, modified 2002