Isoprenyl pyrophosphate

Isoprenyl pyrophosphate

Isoprenyl pyrophosphate is a molecule in bacteria. It carries the building blocks of the peptidoglycan bacterial cell wall outside of the inner membrane [ [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/68/12/3223 Mechanism of Action of Bacitracin: Complexation with Metal Ion and C55-Isoprenyl Pyrophosphate] K. John Stone and Jack L. Strominger]

It is used as a target for the bacitracin type of antibiotics

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