Genome-Based Construction of the Metabolic Pathways of Orientia tsutsugamushi and Comparative Analysis within the Rickettsiales Order

Figure 5

Peptidoglycan biosynthesis. The pathway for the synthesis of peptidoglycan from UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine is complete. Even though the D-amino acids such as D-glutamate and D-alanine are not likely to be synthesized by O. tsutsugamushi, the genes for incorporating them into glycan are present.