… -positive bacteria: wall teichoic acid (WTA) and lipoteichoic acid (LTA). WTA synthesis has
recently been reviewed (17), and here we focus only on LTA synthesis. LTA is now defined as …

… The bacterial-specific peptidoglycan structure and its synthesis enzymes are a common
target for antibiotics. Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is another abundant surface polymer present in the …

… ) involved in the synthesis ofd-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid. Inactivation of thedltC gene, encoding
the d-alanyl carrier protein (Dcp), resulted in the generation of the acid-sensitive mutant, …

… Owing to the sensitivity of lipoteichoic acids (LTAs) to hydrolysis their biological activity
could not be ascertained thus far. The chemical synthesis of LTA of Staphylococcus aureus 1, …

… accepted hypothesis has been raised in that the lipoteichoic acids (LTAs) serve as pathogen-…
Hence, these LTAs have been synthesized in our group and biologically evaluated with …

… Lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a cell wall polymer of Gram-positive bacteria, consists of 1,3-…
phosphatidylglycerol binding to LtaS and inhibited LTA synthesis in S. aureus and in Escherichia …

Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is an important cell wall polymer in Gram‐positive bacteria and often
consists a polyglycerolphosphate backbone chain that is linked to the membrane by a …

… acids are present, wall teichoic acid (WTA), which is covalently linked to peptidoglycan
and lipoteichoic acid (… subtilis synthesize this type of LTA consisting of an unbranched 1,3-linked …

… large amounts of diacylglycerol are formed during lipoteichoic acid synthesis. For S. aureus,
… lipids) turns over three times for lipoteichoic acid synthesis, and the diacylglycerol formed …

Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is an important cell wall component required for proper cell growth in
many Gram-positive bacteria. In Listeria monocytogenes, two enzymes are required for the …