Entry
Name
teichoic acid glycerol-phosphate primase;
Tag primase;
CDP-glycerol:glycerophosphate glycerophosphotransferase;
tagB (gene name);
tarB (gene name)
Class
Transferases;
Transferring phosphorus-containing groups;
Transferases for other substituted phosphate groups
BRITE hierarchy
Sysname
CDP-glycerol:N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol glycerophosphotransferase
Reaction(IUBMB)
CDP-glycerol + N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol = CDP + 4-O-[(2R)-1-glycerophospho]-N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol [RN:
R11558 R12860 ]
Reaction(KEGG)
Substrate
CDP-glycerol [CPD:
C00513 ];
N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol [CPD:
C04881 ]
Product
CDP [CPD:
C00112 ];
4-O-[(2R)-1-glycerophospho]-N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl-diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol [CPD:
C21464 ]
Comment
Involved in the biosynthesis of teichoic acid linkage units in bacterial cell walls. This enzyme adds the first glycerol unit to the disaccharide linker of the teichoic acid.
History
EC 2.7.8.44 created 2016
Pathway
Orthology
K21285 teichoic acid glycerol-phosphate primase
Genes
BAZ : BAMTA208_18095(tagB)
BSON : S101395_00593(tarL)
BFD : NCTC4823_03769(tagF_4)
VIR : X953_16995 X953_17010
VHL : BME96_16485 BME96_16495
PFRI : L8956_17900 L8956_25340
BLEN : NCTC4824_03836(tagF_4)
BCOA : BF29_3239 BF29_3251
SAX : USA300HOU_0659(tagB3)
SUX : SAEMRSA15_05650(tagB)
SUF : SARLGA251_05730(tagB)
SDP : NCTC12225_02327(tagB)
SPIC : SAMEA4384060_2231(tagB)
SSIM : SAMEA4384339_0582(tagF_5)
SSTE : SAMEA4384403_1805(tagB)
LMOC : LMOSLCC5850_1094(tagB)
LMW : LMOSLCC2755_1086(tagB)
LMX : LMOSLCC2372_1102(tagB)
LMZ : LMOSLCC2482_1132(tagB)
LMON : LMOSLCC2376_1055(tagB)
LMOS : LMOSLCC7179_1069(tagB)
LMOO : LMOSLCC2378_1101(tagB)
LMOY : LMOSLCC2479_1102(tagB)
LMOT : LMOSLCC2540_1085(tagB)
LMOA : LMOATCC19117_1106(tagB)
LGZ : NCTC10812_01809(tagF_5)
KZO : NCTC404_00414(tagF_2)
THL : TEH_16240(tagB) TEH_16360(tagB)
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Taxonomy
Reference
Authors
Bhavsar AP, Truant R, Brown ED
Title
The TagB protein in Bacillus subtilis 168 is an intracellular peripheral membrane protein that can incorporate glycerol phosphate onto a membrane-bound acceptor in vitro.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Ginsberg C, Zhang YH, Yuan Y, Walker S
Title
In vitro reconstitution of two essential steps in wall teichoic acid biosynthesis.
Journal
Reference
Authors
Brown S, Zhang YH, Walker S
Title
A revised pathway proposed for Staphylococcus aureus wall teichoic acid biosynthesis based on in vitro reconstitution of the intracellular steps.
Journal
Sequence
Other DBs
ExplorEnz - The Enzyme Database: 2.7.8.44
ExPASy - ENZYME nomenclature database: 2.7.8.44