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EC 2.7.7.39 Details
EC number
2.7.7.39
Accepted name
glycerol-3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
Reaction
CTP + sn-glycerol 3-phosphate = diphosphate + CDP-glycerol
Other name(s)
CDP-glycerol pyrophosphorylase,
cytidine diphosphoglycerol pyrophosphorylase,
cytidine diphosphate glycerol pyrophosphorylase,
CTP:glycerol 3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase,
Gro-PCT,
tagD (gene name),
tarD (gene name)
Systematic name
CTP:sn-glycerol-3-phosphate cytidylyltransferase
CAS registry number
9027-11-6
Comment
Involved in the biosynthesis of teichoic acid linkage units in bacterial cell walls.
History
created 1972
EC Tree
2.7.7.16 created 1961, deleted 1972, [transferred to EC 3.1.4.22, deleted 1980]
2.7.7.17 created 1965, deleted 1972, [transferred to EC 3.1.4.23, deleted 1980]
2.7.7.20 created 1965, deleted 1972
2.7.7.26 created 1961 as EC 3.1.4.8, transferred 1965 to EC 2.7.7.26, deleted 1972
2.7.7.29 created 1972, deleted 2004