Lipoteichoic acids, phosphate-containing polymers in the envelope of gram-positive bacteria

O Schneewind, D Missiakas - Journal of bacteriology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
… FIG 2 UDP-glucose contributes to wall teichoic acid and lipoteichoic acid synthesis. The …
in synthesis of lipoteichoic acid (LTA) as well as minor and major wall teichoic acids (WTA) (…

Insights into the Roles of Lipoteichoic Acids and MprF in Bacillus subtilis

A Guyet, A Alofi, RA Daniel - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
proteins (aPBPs), which function in peptidoglycan synthesis, is conditionally lethal. Here, we
show that this lethality is associated with an alteration of lipoteichoic acidslipoteichoic acids

Anti-biofilm mechanism of lipoteichoic acids from Lactobacilli and their therapeutic potential against periodontitis

이동욱 - 2023 - s-space.snu.ac.kr
… Since lipoteichoic acids (LTAs) are known to inhibit some oral bacterial … In addition,
Lactobacillus derivatives such as lipoteichoic acid (LTA), polysaccharides, biosurfactants, and …

lipoteichoic acids are essential for pneumococcal colonization and membrane integrity

M Brendel, TP Kohler, JV Neufend, A Puppe… - Journal of Innate …, 2024 - karger.com
… cell wall are teichoic acids (TAs), which offer a binding site for the family of choline-binding
proteins (… bacteria, pneumococcal wall teichoic acids (WTA) and lipoteichoic acids (LTA) have …

The dlt Operon in the Biosynthesis of d-Alanyl-Lipoteichoic Acid in Lactobacillus casei

FC NEUHAUS, MP HEATON, DV DEBABOV… - Microbial drug …, 1996 - liebertpub.com
… with autolysins for binding sites on the teichoic acids. This result was demonstrated by … ter
content determines the ligand binding ability of teichoic acid. Growth of microorganisms in high …

Defects in d-Alanyl-Lipoteichoic Acid Synthesis in Streptococcus mutans Results in Acid Sensitivity

DA Boyd, DG Cvitkovitch, AS Bleiweis… - Journal of …, 2000 - Am Soc Microbiol
… operon encoding four proteins (DltA-DltD) involved in the synthesis ofd-alanyl-lipoteichoic
acid. … the d-alanyl carrier protein (Dcp), resulted in the generation of the acid-sensitive mutant, …

[HTML][HTML] Structural insights into protein-protein interactions involved in bacterial cell wall biogenesis

F Laddomada, MM Miyachiro, A Dessen - Antibiotics, 2016 - mdpi.com
… In addition, it serves as anchor for surface-exposed virulence factors, secretion systems,
and other cell wall-associated molecules such as teichoic acids and lipopolysaccharide. Its …

[HTML][HTML] Modular architecture and unique teichoic acid recognition features of choline-binding protein L (CbpL) contributing to pneumococcal pathogenesis

J Gutiérrez-Fernández, M Saleh, M Alcorlo… - Scientific Reports, 2016 - nature.com
… pneumoniae, which are related to three different attachment modes to the cell wall, composed
of peptidoglycan, wall teichoic acids (WTA) and lipoteichoic acids (LTA). The latter two are …

Deletion of hypothetical wall teichoic acid ligases in Staphylococcus aureus activates the cell wall stress response

V Dengler, PS Meier, R Heusser… - FEMS microbiology …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
… The biosynthesis of WTA is catalysed by tag (teichoic acid glycerol) or tar (teichoic acid
ribitol) genes in B. subtilis and S. aureus, respectively (reviewed in Swoboda et al., 2010). …

Compound-gene interaction mapping reveals distinct roles for Staphylococcus aureus teichoic acids

JP Santa Maria Jr, A Sadaka… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Staphylococcus aureus contains two distinct teichoic acid (TA) polymers, lipoteichoic acid (LTA)
and wall teichoic acid (WTA), which are proposed to play redundant roles in regulating …