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The structure of an alternative wall teichoic acid produced by a Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1 mutant contains a 1,5-linked poly(ribitol phosphate) backbone with 2-α-D-glucosyl substitutions.
Carbohydrate research - 5 Apr 2013
Tomita Satoru, de Waard Pieter, Bakx Edwin J, Schols Henk A, Kleerebezem Michiel, Bron Peter A
Abstract excerpt
A tagF1-tagF2 deletion mutant of Lactobacillus plantarum lacks poly(glycerol phosphate) polymerase activity required for glycerol-type wall teichoic acid (WTA) biosynthesis. The mutant activates an alternative genetic locus, tarIJKL, encoding the enzymes for nucleotide activation and incorporatio...
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