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Kdo-III transferase WaaZ Members of this family are WaaZ, or Kdo-III transferase. This enzyme, present in some strains of E. coli and its allies but not others, performs a non-stoichiometric addition of a third 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulosonic acid (KDO-III) onto some fraction of KDO-II in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) inner core. [Cell envelope, Biosynthesis and degradation of surface polysaccharides and lipopolysaccharides]
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