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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2013 Nov 22;1843(8):1687–1697. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.11.009

Table 1.

Classes of Sortases along with substrates and nucleophiles.

Sortase Class Substrates Substrate Motif Nucleophile
A (housekeeping) Surface proteins LPXTG Lipid II
B Heme transporter N(P/A)(Q/K)(T/S)(N/S) Peptidoglycan crossbridge
C Pilin subunits (I/L)(P/A)XTG Lys of Pilin
D Mother cell and endospore envelope protein LPNTA Lipid II