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. 2020 Jul 9;202(15):e00191-20. doi: 10.1128/JB.00191-20

TABLE 4.

Three-component glycosylation proteins from various bacteria compared to B. anthracis GtsA, GtsB, and GtsC

Bacterial species/substrates Dolichol-phosphate-mannose synthetase
Flippase
Dolichyl-phosphate-mannose-protein mannosyltransferasea
Name % homology Name % homology Name % homology
B. anthracis/Gal and SCWP GtsA (BAS5287) GtsB (BAS5286) GtsC (BAS5285)
B. subtilis/GlcNAc and LTA CsbB (BSU08600) 62 GtcA (BSU38210) 28 YfhO (BSU08610) No significant similarity
L. monocytogenes/Gal and LTA GtlA (Lmo0933) 71 GtcA (Lmo2549) 57 GtlB (Lmo0626) No significant similarity
L. monocytogenes/GlcNAc and WTA Lmo2550 64 GtcA (Lmo2549) 57 Lmo1079 No significant similarity
S. aureus/GlcNAc and LTA CsbB-like SAUSA300_0689 59 GtrA-like SAUSA300_2376 58 YfhO-like SAUSA300_1135 No significant similarity
S. flexneri/Glu and O antigen GtrB 61 GtrA No significant similarity GtrI No significant similarity
a

Dolichyl-phosphate-mannose-protein mannosyltransferases share no sequence similarity among bacterial species, as they catalyze sugar transfer on species-specific substrates.