The wall teichoic acid polymerase TagF efficiently synthesizes poly(glycerol phosphate) on the TagB product lipid III

Chembiochem. 2008 Jun 16;9(9):1385-90. doi: 10.1002/cbic.200800026.

Authors

Mark P Pereira¹, Jefferey W Schertzer, Michael A D'Elia, Kalinka P Koteva, Donald W Hughes, Gerard D Wright, Eric D Brown

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada.

PMID: 18465758
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800026

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cell Wall / metabolism*
Glycerophosphates / metabolism*
Glycosphingolipids / metabolism*
Teichoic Acids / biosynthesis*
Teichoic Acids / metabolism
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) / metabolism*

Substances

Glycerophosphates
Glycosphingolipids
Lipid III
Teichoic Acids
polyglycerolphosphate
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)
CDP glycerol glycerophosphotransferase