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Summary[edit | edit source]

  • pan ID?: SAUPAN002512000
  • symbol?: tagA
  • synonym:
  • description?: teichoic acid biosynthesis protein

      descriptions from strain specific annotations:

    • teichoic acid biosynthesis protein
    • N-acetylmannosaminyltransferase
    • N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphoundecaprenol N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyltransferase TarA
    • UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosamine transferase, putative
    • WecB/TagA/CpsF family glycosyltransferase
    • putative N-acetylmannosaminyltransferase
    • N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphoundecaprenol N-acetyl-beta-D-mannosaminyltransferase
    • UDP-N-acetyl-D-mannosamine transferase
  • strand?: +
  • coordinates?: 3025029..3025779
  • synteny block?: BlockID0017480
  • occurrence?: in 100% of 34 strains

tarA (tagA) : undecaprenylpyrophosphoryl-N-acetylglucosamine N-acetylmannosaminyltransferase [1]

TarA catalyzes the second step of teichoic acid synthesis, adding a N-acetylmannosamine sugar to undecaprenol-pyrophosphate-linked N-acetylglucosamine monosaccharide. Wall teichoic acids in S. aureus use ribitol excusively as their polyol monomer, therefore WTA enzymes in S. aureus are assigned the "tar" nomenclature. In contrast, S. epidermidis uses glycerol as its polyol monomer so orthologous enzymes in S. epidermidis are assigned the "tag" nomenclature. TarA acts well upstream of teichoic acid ribitol polymerization but by convention retains the "Tar" nomenclature.

Orthologs[edit | edit source]

    COL:
    SACOL0693 (tagA)
    N315:
    SA0592 (tagA)
    NCTC8325:
    Newman:
    NWMN_0606 (tagA)
    USA300_FPR3757:
    04-02981:
    SA2981_0612 (tagA)
    08BA02176:
    C248_0718 (tagA)
    11819-97:
    MS7_0687 (tagA)
    6850:
    RSAU_000592 (tagA)
    71193:
    ST398NM01_0715
    ECT-R 2:
    ECTR2_588
    ED133:
    SAOV_0671 (tagA)
    ED98:
    SAAV_0599 (tagA)
    HO 5096 0412:
    SAEMRSA15_05620 (tagA)
    JH1:
    SaurJH1_0674
    JH9:
    SaurJH9_0659
    JKD6008:
    SAA6008_00653 (wecG)
    JKD6159:
    SAA6159_00591 (wecG)
    JSNZ:
    JSNZ_000603 (tarA)
    LGA251:
    SARLGA251_05700 (tagA)
    M013:
    M013TW_0624
    MRSA252:
    SAR0646 (tagA)
    MSHR1132:
    SAMSHR1132_05820
    MSSA476:
    SAS0602
    Mu3:
    SAHV_0633 (tagA)
    Mu50:
    SAV0636 (tagA)
    MW2:
    MW0598 (tagA)
    RF122:
    SAB0586 (tagA)
    ST398:
    SAPIG0715
    T0131:
    SAT0131_00705 (gatC)
    TCH60:
    HMPREF0772_12551 (tagA)
    TW20:
    SATW20_07110 (tagA)
    USA300_TCH1516:
    USA300HOU_0656 (tagA)
    VC40:
    SAVC_02815

Genome Viewer[edit | edit source]

COL
N315
NCTC8325
Newman
USA300_FPR3757

Alignments[edit | edit source]

  • alignment of orthologues:
    CLUSTAL format alignment by MAFFT L-INS-i (v7.307)


    COL             MTVEERSNTAKVDILGVDFDNTTMLQMVENIKTFFANQSTNNLFIVTANPEIVNYATTHQ
    N315            MTVEERSNTAKVDILGVDFDNTTMLQMVENIKTFFANQSTNNLFIVTANPEIVNYATTHQ
    NCTC8325        MTVEERSNTAKVDILGVDFDNTTMLQMVENIKTFFANQSTNNLFIVTANPEIVNYATTHQ
    Newman          MTVEERSNTAKVDILGVDFDNTTMLQMVENIKTFFANQSTNNLFIVTANPEIVNYATTHQ
    USA300_FPR3757  MTVEERSNTAKVDILGVDFDNTTMLQMVENIKTFFANQSTNNLFIVTANPEIVNYATTHQ
                    ************************************************************

    COL             AYLELINQASYIVADGTGVVKASHRLKQPLAHRIPGIELMDECLKIAHVNHQKVFLLGAT
    N315            AYLELINQASYIVADGTGVVKASHRLKQPLAHRIPGIELMDECLKIAHVNHQKVFLLGAT
    NCTC8325        AYLELINQASYIVADGTGVVKASHRLKQPLAHRIPGIELMDECLKIAHVNHQKVFLLGAT
    Newman          AYLELINQASYIVADGTGVVKASHRLKQPLAHRIPGIELMDECLKIAHVNHQKVFLLGAT
    USA300_FPR3757  AYLELINQASYIVADGTGVVKASHRLKQPLAHRIPGIELMDECLKIAHVNHQKVFLLGAT
                    ************************************************************

    COL             NEVVEAAQYALQQRYPNISFAHHHGYIDLEDETVVKRIKLFKPDYIFVGMGFPKQEEWIM
    N315            NEVVEAAQYALQQRYPNISFAHHHGYIDLEDETVVKRIKLFKPDYIFVGMGFPKQEEWIM
    NCTC8325        NEVVEAAQYALQQRYPNISFAHHHGYIDLEDETVVKRIKLFKPDYIFVGMGFPKQEEWIM
    Newman          NEVVEAAQYALQQRYPNISFAHHHGYIDLEDETVVKRIKLFKPDYIFVGMGFPKQEEWIM
    USA300_FPR3757  NEVVEAAQYALQQRYPNISFAHHHGYIDLEDETVVKRIKLFKPDYIFVGMGFPKQEEWIM
                    ************************************************************

    COL             THENQFESTVMMGVGGSLEVFAGAKKRAPYIFRKLNIEWIYRALIDWKRIGRLKSIPIFM
    N315            THENQFESTVMMGVGGSLEVFAGAKKRAPYIFRKLNIEWIYRALIDWKRIGRLKSIPIFM
    NCTC8325        THENQFESTVMMGVGGSLEVFAGAKKRAPYIFRKLNIEWIYRALIDWKRIGRLKSIPIFM
    Newman          THENQFESTVMMGVGGSLEVFAGAKKRAPYIFRKLNIEWIYRALIDWKRIGRLKSIPIFM
    USA300_FPR3757  THENQFESTVMMGVGGSLEVFAGAKKRAPYIFRKLNIEWIYRALIDWKRIGRLKSIPIFM
                    ************************************************************

    COL             YKIAKAKRKIKKAK
    N315            YKIAKAKRKIKKAK
    NCTC8325        YKIAKAKRKIKKAK
    Newman          YKIAKAKRKIKKAK
    USA300_FPR3757  YKIAKAKRKIKKAK
                    **************

  1. Ziliang Qian, Yanbin Yin, Yong Zhang, Lingyi Lu, Yixue Li, Ying Jiang
    Genomic characterization of ribitol teichoic acid synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus: genes, genomic organization and gene duplication.
    BMC Genomics: 2006, 7;74
    [PubMed:16595020] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)
    Orlando E Martinez, Brendan J Mahoney, Andrew K Goring, Sung-Wook Yi, Denise P Tran, Duilio Cascio, Martin L Phillips, Musleh M Muthana, Xi Chen, Michael E Jung, Joseph A Loo, Robert T Clubb
    Insight into the molecular basis of substrate recognition by the wall teichoic acid glycosyltransferase TagA.
    J Biol Chem: 2022, 298(2);101464
    [PubMed:34864059] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)