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
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Genes in this functional category

Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan

• alr
• asd
• dapA
• dapB
• dapF
• dapG
• dapI
• dat
• ddl
• gcaD
• glmM
• glmS
• ldt
• mraY
• murAA
• murAB
• murB
• murC
• murD
• murE
• murF
• murG
• patA
• racE
• spoVB
• spoVE
• yabM
• ykuQ
• 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

Stephanie Brown, John P Santa Maria, Suzanne Walker
Wall teichoic acids of gram-positive bacteria.
Annu Rev Microbiol: 2013, 67;313-36
[PubMed:24024634] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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)

Iain C Sutcliffe
Priming and elongation: dissection of the lipoteichoic acid biosynthetic pathway in Gram-positive bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 79(3);553-6
[PubMed:21255102] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)