Functional Assignment of an Enzyme that Catalyzes the Synthesis of an Archaea‐Type Ether Lipid in Bacteria

Abstract

An archaea-type ether lipid in bacteria: PcrB, the bacterial homologue of the archaea-specific geranylgeranylglyceryl phosphate synthase, produces heptaprenylglyceryl phosphate in bacillales. The product becomes dephosphorylated and acetylated in vivo.