Peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase
In enzymology, a peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
The 4 substrates of this enzyme are
- n-,
- diphosphoundecaprenol,
- GlcNAc--Mur2Ac-, and
- diphosphoundecaprenol,
whereas its 3 products are
This enzyme belongs to the family of glycosyltransferases, specifically the hexosyltransferases. The systematic name of this enzyme class is undecaprenyldiphospho--:undecaprenyldiphospho- disaccharidetransferase. Other names in common use include PG-II, bactoprenyldiphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl--, pentapeptide:peptidoglycan, N-acetylmuramoyl-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase, penicillin binding protein , and peptidoglycan transglycosylase. This enzyme participates in peptidoglycan biosynthesis.As of late 2007, 3 structures have been solved for this class of enzymes, with PDB accession codes,, and.
