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Teichoic acid

Teichoic acids (cf. Greek τεῖχος, teīkhos, "wall", to be specific a fortification wall, as opposed to τοῖχος, toīkhos, a regular wall) are bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.

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As an antibiotic drug target

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related to Structure · 19
Teichoic acid → C4, C55-P, DAG, Four, Glc, GlcDAG, GlcNAc, Lipoteichoic, LTA, LytR-CpsA-Psr, ManNAc, Streptococcus, TagU/LCP, The, Type, Type IV LTA, Variations, Wall, WTA
related to Function · 10
Teichoic acid → D-alanine, D-glucosamine, Gram-positive, It, Lipoteichoic, N-acetyl, N-acetylmuramic, Teichoic, The, These
related to External links · 7
Teichoic acid → Bioinformatic, EC, GO, LTA, N-acetylgalactosamine, UniProt, WTA KW-0777
see also · 2
Teichoic acid → James Baddiley, Lipoteichoic
related to As an antibiotic drug target · 1
Teichoic acid → Teichoic

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teichoic acids wall enzymes wta ec glycerol membrane peptidoglycan tail cell acid repeats phosphate ribitol lipoteichoic linked anchored gram-positive lta

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species in the genera Staphylococcusinstance ofare bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.Teichoic acids are found within the cell wall of most Gram-…0.80text
Streptococcusinstance ofare bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.Teichoic acids are found within the cell wall of most Gram-…0.80text
Bacillusinstance ofare bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.Teichoic acids are found within the cell wall of most Gram-…0.80text
Clostridiuminstance ofare bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.Teichoic acids are found within the cell wall of most Gram-…0.80text
Corynebacteriuminstance ofare bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.Teichoic acids are found within the cell wall of most Gram-…0.80text
and Listeriainstance ofare bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.Teichoic acids are found within the cell wall of most Gram-…0.80text
and appear to extend to the surface of the peptidoglycan layerinstance ofare bacterial copolymers of glycerol phosphate or ribitol phosphate and carbohydrates linked via phosphodiester bonds.Teichoic acids are found within the cell wall of most Gram-…0.80text
calciuminstance ofFunctionThe main function of teichoic acids is to provide flexibility to the cell-wall by attracting cations0.80text
potassiuminstance ofFunctionThe main function of teichoic acids is to provide flexibility to the cell-wall by attracting cations0.80text
Teichoic acidrelated to As an antibiotic drug targetTeichoic0.60section
Teichoic acidrelated to External linksBioinformatic0.60section
Teichoic acidrelated to External linksEC0.60section

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