Galactosyl Transferases in Mycobacterial Cell Wall Synthesis
Open Access
- 1 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 190 (3), 1141-1145
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.01326-07
Abstract
Two galactosyl transferases can apparently account for the full biosynthesis of the cell wall galactan of mycobacteria. Evidence is presented based on enzymatic incubations with purified natural and synthetic galactofuranose (Gal f ) acceptors that the recombinant galactofuranosyl transferase, GlfT1, from Mycobacterium smegmatis , the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv3782 ortholog known to be involved in the initial steps of galactan formation, harbors dual β-(1→4) and β-(1→5) Gal f transferase activities and that the product of the enzyme, decaprenyl-P-P-GlcNAc-Rha-Gal f -Gal f , serves as a direct substrate for full polymerization catalyzed by another bifunctional Gal f transferase, GlfT2, the Rv3808c enzyme.Keywords
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