Choline metabolism in pneumococci.
Phosphorylcholine and cytidine diphosphocholine as well as two enzyme activities, a choline kinase and a cytidine diphosphocholine pyrophosphorylase, were identified in pneumococcal extracts. It is suggested that cytidine diphosphocholine may be a biosynthetic precursor of the choline moiety in the teichoic acids of pneumococcus.
D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism*; D002797:Choline Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000096:biosynthesis
D013682:Teichoic Acids; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline; D002797:Choline Kinase; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D002794:Choline