Structural requirements of lipoteichoic acid carrier for recognition by the poly(ribitol phosphate) polymerase from Staphylococcus aureus H. A study of various lipoteichoic acids, derivatives, and related compounds.

Binding, Competitive Kinetics Lipopolysaccharides Models, Molecular Molecular Conformation Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars/metabolism Pentosyltransferases/metabolism Phosphatidic Acids/isolation & purification,metabolism Species Specificity Staphylococcus aureus/metabolism Structure-Activity Relationship Teichoic Acids/isolation & purification,metabolism Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)

Lipopolysaccharides Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars Phosphatidic Acids Teichoic Acids lipoteichoic acid Pentosyltransferases Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups) CDPribitol ribitolphosphotransferase