UDP-N-acetylglucosamine—decaprenyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase explained

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine---decaprenyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase
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(, , WecA, WecA transferase) is an enzyme with systematic name .[1] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

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This enzyme is isolated from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Notes and References

  1. Jin Y, Xin Y, Zhang W, Ma Y . Mycobacterium tuberculosis Rv1302 and Mycobacterium smegmatis MSMEG_4947 have WecA function and MSMEG_4947 is required for the growth of M. smegmatis . FEMS Microbiology Letters . 310 . 1 . 54–61 . September 2010 . 20637039 . 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02045.x . free .

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