ISOLATION OF LIPID ACTIVATED PSEUDOMUREIN PRECURSORS FROM METHANOBACTERIUM-THERMOAUTOTROPHICUM

被引:6
作者
HARTMANN, E [1 ]
KONIG, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ULM, ANGEW MIKROBIOL ABT, OBERER ESELSBERG M23, W-7900 ULM, GERMANY
关键词
Archaebacteria; Biosynthesis; Cell walls; Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum; Methanogens; Murein; Pseudomurein;
D O I
10.1007/BF00248425
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
From cell extracts of the pseudomurein possessing methanogen Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum two putative pseudomurein precursors were isolated and characterized: (1) an undecaprenyl pyrophosphate activated disaccharide pentapeptide composed of N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetyltalosaminuronic acid, alanine, glutamic acid and lysine in a molar ratio of 1:1:2:2:1 and (2) the corresponding undecaprenyl pyrophosphate activated tetrapeptide lacking one alanine residue. The isolation of these precursors show that the biosynthesis of the eubacterial murein and the methano-bacterial pseudomurein differs not only in the cytoplasmic step, as recently described, but also in the lipid stage. © 1990 Springer-Verlag.
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