LIS - Legume Information System
Information about legume traits for crop improvement
CicerMine
v5.1.0.3
Cicer data from the Legume Information System
v5.1.0.3
Cicer data from the Legume Information System
| Type | Family |
| Description | Members of this family are generally found near other genes involved in the biosynthesis of a variety of exopolysaccharides. These proteins consist of two fused domains, an N-terminal hydrophobic domain of generally low conservation and a highly conserved C-terminal sugar transferase domain ( ). Characterised and partially characterised members of this subfamily include Salmonella WbaP (originally RfbP) [ ], Escherichia coli WcaJ [, ], Methylobacillus EpsB [], Xanthomonas GumD [], Vibrio CpsA [], Erwinia AmsG [], Group B Streptococcus CpsE (originally CpsD) [], and Streptococcus suis Cps2E []. Each of these is believed to act in transferring the sugar from, for instance, UDP-glucose or UDP-galactose, to a lipid carrier such as undecaprenyl phosphate as the first (priming) step in the synthesis of an oligosaccharide "block". This function is encoded in the C-terminal domain. The liposaccharide is believed to be subsequently transferred through a "flippase"function from the cytoplasmic to the periplasmic face of the inner membrane by the N-terminal domain. Certain closely related transferase enzymes such as Sinorhizobium ExoY [ ] and Lactococcus EpsD [] lack the N-terminal domain and are not identified by this entry. |
| Short Name | EPS_sugar_tfrase |
