thymidylyltransferase

thymidylyltransferase

English

Etymology

thymidylyl +‎ transferase

Noun

thymidylyltransferase (plural thymidylyltransferases)

1. (biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a thymidylyl or thymidyl group.
   • 2016 January 30, “Comparison of O-Antigen Gene Clusters of All O-Serogroups of Escherichia coli and Proposal for Adopting a New Nomenclature for O-Typing”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0147434:

     There are four genes, rmlB (dTDP-glucose 4, 6-dehydratase), rmlD (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose reductase), rmlA (glucose-1-phosphate thymidylyltransferase), and rmlC (dTDP-4-dehydrorhamnose 3,5-epimerase) that are involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose.