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. 1999 Jan;19(1):471–483. doi: 10.1128/mcb.19.1.471

FIG. 14.

FIG. 14

(A) Role of carrier lipids in two systems. The unit of peptidoglycan is preassembled on UP-P in prokayotes, whereas the core oligosaccharide complex in N glycosylation is synthesized on Dol-P in eukaryotes. Both lipids are derivatives of long-chain polyprenol. (B) Biosynthetic pathway of dolichol.