Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase

UniProtKB accession:  P37965

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UniProtKB description:  Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase hydrolyzes glycerophosphodiesters into glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P) and the corresponding alcohol (PubMed:27780866). Involved in wall teichoic acid (WTA) metabolism during phosphate starvation (PubMed:27780866). Catalyzes the degradation of WTA, enabling the utilization of WTA as a phosphate reserve under limiting conditions (PubMed:27780866). Is highly selective for the poly(gylcerol phosphate) WTA backbone and catalyzes exolytic cleavage of individual monomer units (PubMed:27780866). In vitro is active toward the WTA oligomer mimics glycerophosphoglycerol (GPG) and bis-glycerophosphoglycerol (bGPG) (PubMed:27780866).