Term Information

Accession
GO:0070398
Name
wall teichoic acid biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
WTA biosynthetic process, wall teichoic acid anabolism, wall teichoic acid biosynthesis, wall teichoic acid formation, wall teichoic acid synthesis
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of wall teichoic acid, which is a major component of the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria and typically consists of a polymer of glycerol-phosphate or ribitol-phosphate to which are attached glycosyl and D-alanyl ester residues and which is covalently linked to peptidoglycan. Source: PMID:16020688, PMID:14665680, GOC:add
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0070398 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of wall teichoic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0070398)
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wall teichoic acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  teichoic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0019350)
wall teichoic acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  wall teichoic acid metabolic process (GO:0070397)

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