Biosynthesis of cell wall components

Parent categories	2. Metabolism 2.6. Additional metabolic pathways
Neighbouring categories	2.6.1. Biosynthesis of cell wall components 2.6.2. Biosynthesis of cofactors 2.6.3. Phosphate metabolism 2.6.4. Sulfur metabolism 2.6.5. Iron metabolism 2.6.6. Miscellaneous metabolic pathways
Related categories	none
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan

• alr
• dat
• ddl
• gcaD
• glmM
• glmS
• ldt
• mraY
• murAA
• murAB
• murB
• murC
• murD
• murE
• murF
• murG
• racE
• spoVB
• spoVE
• yabM
• ykuQ
• ykuR
• yrpC
• ytgP

Biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid

• dgkA
• dgkB
• ltaS
• yfnI
• yqgS
• yvgJ

Biosynthesis of teichoic acid

• dltA
• dltB
• dltC
• dltD
• dltE
• ggaA
• ggaB
• gtaB
• gtaC
• mnaA
• tagA
• tagB
• tagC
• tagD
• tagE
• tagF
• tagG
• tagH
• tagO

Biosynthesis of teichuronic acid

• tuaA/1
• tuaA/2
• tuaB
• tuaC
• tuaD
• tuaE
• tuaF
• tuaG
• tuaH

Biosynthesis of the carrier lipid undecaprenylphosphate

• bcrC
• uppS

Important Reviews

Additional reviews: PubMed

Nathalie T Reichmann, Angelika Gründling
Location, synthesis and function of glycolipids and polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid in Gram-positive bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2011, 319(2);97-105
[PubMed:21388439] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)