IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.7.8.12

Accepted name: CDP-glycerol glycerophosphotransferase

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.

[EC 2.7.8.12 created 1972, modified 1982]


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