In the bacterium Gluconacetobacter xylinus (previously known as Acetobacter xylinum) the enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide acetan [1]. In Xanthomonas campestris the enzyme is involved in the biosynthesis of the exopolysaccharide xanthan [5].
Cofactor
History
Reactions
GDP-mannose + D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-Glc-alpha-1-diphospho-ditrans,octacis- undecaprenol = Gdp + D-Man-alpha-(1->3)-D-Glc-beta-(1->4)-D-Glc-alpha-1- diphospho-ditrans,octacis-undecaprenol.