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. 2003 Dec;67(4):686–723. doi: 10.1128/MMBR.67.4.686-723.2003

FIG. 15.

FIG. 15.

Transacylation of d-alanyl ester residues along and among the chains of LTA and WTA. Interchain and intrachain transacylation is illustrated as a mechanism for distributing the esters and for the formation of d-alanyl-WTA from d-alanyl-LTA. Whether this process occurs by the mechanism described in reference 91 or that described in reference 261 has not been determined. A+ represents the d-alanyl ester.