LCP family
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LCP family
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The LCP family or TagU family of proteins is a conserved family of phosphotransferases that are involved in the attachment of teichoic acid (TA) molecules to gram-positive cell wall or cell membrane. It was initially thought as the LytR component of a LytABC operon encoding autolysins, but the mechanism of regulation was later realized to be the production of TA molecules. It was accordingly renamed TagU. The "LCP" acronym derives from three proteins initially identified to contain this domain,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCP_family
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2023-12-11T17:22:47Z
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