wall teichoic acid metabolic process

id: GO:0070397
name: wall teichoic acid metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving wall teichoic acid, which is a major component of the cell wall of Gram-positive bacteria and typically consists of a polymer of glycerol-phosphate or ribitol-phosphate to which are attached glycosyl and D-alanyl ester residues and which is covalently linked to peptidoglycan.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0070398wall teichoic acid biosynthetic process
GO:0070399wall teichoic acid catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0046374teichoic acid metabolic process