Polyisoprenyl Phosphates

ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
Specific Partial Reduction of Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate by an Enzyme from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius Yields a Reactive Prenyl Donor, Not a Dead-End Product
Sho Sato, Motomichi Murakami, Tohru Yoshimura, Hisashi Hemmi
ENZYMES AND PROTEINS
CpsE from Type 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae Catalyzes the Reversible Addition of Glucose-1-Phosphate to a Polyprenyl Phosphate Acceptor, Initiating Type 2 Capsule Repeat Unit Formation
Robert T. Cartee, W. Thomas Forsee, Matthew H. Bender, Karita D. Ambrose, Janet Yother
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY
Mycobacterial Lipid II Is Composed of a Complex Mixture of Modified Muramyl and Peptide Moieties Linked to Decaprenyl Phosphate
Sebabrata Mahapatra, Tetsuya Yagi, John T. Belisle, Benjamin J. Espinosa, Preston J. Hill, Michael R. McNeil, Patrick J. Brennan, Dean C. Crick
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Decaprenyl Diphosphate Synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Devinder Kaur, Patrick J. Brennan, Dean C. Crick
PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM
Polyprenyl Phosphate Biosynthesis inMycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium smegmatis
Dean C. Crick, Mark C. Schulbach, Erin E. Zink, Marco Macchia, Silvia Barontini, Gurdyal S. Besra, Patrick J. Brennan
CELL SURFACES
The Escherichia coli Homologue of Yeast Rer2, a Key Enzyme of Dolichol Synthesis, Is Essential for Carrier Lipid Formation in Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis
Jun-ichi Kato, Shingo Fujisaki, Ken-ichi Nakajima, Yukinobu Nishimura, Miyuki Sato, Akihiko Nakano