Reaction: CDP-glycerol + (glycerophosphate)n = CMP + (glycerophosphate)n+1
Other name(s): teichoic-acid synthase; cytidine diphosphoglycerol glycerophosphotransferase; poly(glycerol phosphate) polymerase; teichoic acid glycerol transferase; glycerophosphate synthetase; CGPTase
Systematic name: CDP-glycerol:poly(glycerophosphate) glycerophosphotransferase
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9076-71-5
References:
1. Burger, M.M. and Glaser, L. The synthesis of teichoic acids. I. Polyglycerophosphate. J. Biol. Chem. 239 (1964) 3168-3177.