Isoprenyl pyrophosphate
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Isoprenyl pyrophosphate is a molecule in bacteria. It carries the building blocks of the peptidoglycan bacterial cell wall outside of the inner membrane [1]
It is used as a target for the bacitracin type of antibiotics
[edit] References
- ^ Mechanism of Action of Bacitracin: Complexation with Metal Ion and C55-Isoprenyl Pyrophosphate K. John Stone and Jack L. Strominger
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