Use of CDP-glycerol as an alternate acceptor for the teichoic acid polymerase reveals that membrane association regulates polymer length

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 6940-6947

  Schertzer, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Brown, Eric D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLYCEROL; DNA POLYMERASE; GLYCEROL DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROPHOSPHATE; POLYMER; PROTEINASE; TAGF POLYMERASE; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEADY STATE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEICHOIC ACIDS; TRANSFERASES (OTHER SUBSTITUTED PHOSPHATE GROUPS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55749114075     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00851-08     Document Type: Article

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