peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase activity

Term ID

GO:0008955

Synonyms

• bactoprenyldiphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-(N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl)-pentapeptide:peptidoglycan N-acetylmuramoyl-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase activity
• penicillin binding protein (3 or 1B) activity
• peptidoglycan TGase activity
• peptidoglycan transglycosylase activity
• PG-II activity
• undecaprenyldiphospho-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-(1->4)-(N-acetyl-D-muramoylpentapeptide):undecaprenyldiphospho-(N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-D-muramoylpentapeptide) disaccharidetransferase activity

Definition

Catalysis of the reaction: [GlcNAc-(1,4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)](n)-diphosphoundecaprenol + GlcNAc-(1,4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-diphosphoundecaprenol = [GlcNAc-(1,4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)](n+1)-diphosphoundecaprenol + undecaprenyl diphosphate. 2.4.1.129

References

• EC:2.4.1.129
• MetaCyc:RXN-14712
• RHEA:23708

Ontology

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