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Functional Assignment of an Enzyme that Catalyzes the Synthesis of an Archaea‐Type Ether Lipid in Bacteria
Author(s) -
Guldan Harald,
Matysik FrankMichael,
Bocola Marco,
Sterner Reinhard,
Babinger Patrick
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201101832
Subject(s) - archaea , bacteria , biochemistry , enzyme , chemistry , ether , biology , stereochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , organic chemistry , genetics
An archaea‐type ether lipid in bacteria : PcrB, the bacterial homologue of the archaea‐specific geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase, produces heptaprenylglyceryl phosphate in bacillales. The product becomes dephosphorylated and acetylated in vivo.