peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase activity

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Namepeptidoglycan glycosyltransferase activity
IDGO_0008955
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Molecular function

Description

Catalysis of the reaction: [GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)](n)-di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate + beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)-di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate = [GlcNAc-(1->4)-Mur2Ac(oyl-L-Ala-gamma-D-Glu-L-Lys-D-Ala-D-Ala)](n+1)-di-trans-octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate + di-trans,octa-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate + H+.

Related synonym

PG-II activity, bactoprenyldiphospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-(N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl)-pentapeptide:peptidoglycan N-acetylmuramoyl-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyltransferase activity, peptidoglycan TGase activity, peptidoglycan transglycosylase activity, undecaprenyldiphospho-N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-(1->4)-(N-acetyl-D-muramoylpentapeptide):undecaprenyldiphospho-(N-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-(1->4)-N-acetyl-D-muramoylpentapeptide) disaccharidetransferase activity

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