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EC 2.7.8.12 Details
EC number
2.7.8.12
Accepted name
teichoic acid poly(glycerol phosphate) polymerase
Reaction
n CDP-glycerol + 4-O-[(2R)-glycerophospho]-N-acetyl-β-D-mannosaminyl-(1→4)-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol = n CMP + 4-O-{poly[(2R)-glycerophospho]-(2R)-glycerophospho}-N-acetyl-β-D-mannosaminyl-(1→4)-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol
Other name(s)
teichoic-acid synthase, cytidine diphosphoglycerol glycerophosphotransferase, poly(glycerol phosphate) polymerase, teichoic acid glycerol transferase, glycerophosphate synthetase, CGPTase, CDP-glycerol glycerophosphotransferase (ambiguous), Tag polymerase, CDP-glycerol:poly(glycerophosphate) glycerophosphotransferase, tagF (gene name), tarF (gene name) (ambiguous)
Systematic name
CDP-glycerol:4-O-[(2R)-glycerophospho]-N-acetyl-β-D-mannosaminyl-(1→4)-N-acetyl-α-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol glycerophosphotransferase
CAS registry number
9076-71-5
Comment
Involved in the biosynthesis of poly glycerol phosphate teichoic acids in bacterial cell walls. This enzyme adds 30–50 glycerol units to the linker molecule, but only after it has been primed with the first glycerol unit by EC 2.7.8.44, teichoic acid poly(glycerol phosphate) primase. cf. EC 2.7.8.45, teichoic acid glycerol-phosphate transferase.
History
created 1972, modified 1982, modified 2017
EC Tree
1.12.7.1 created 1972, deleted 1978