Peptidoglycan fine structure of the radiotolerant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans sark

Citation
Jc. Quintela et al., Peptidoglycan fine structure of the radiotolerant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans sark, J BACT, 181(1), 1999, pp. 334-337
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00219193 → ACNP
Volume
181
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
334 - 337
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(199901)181:1<334:PFSOTR>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Peptidoglycan from Deinacoccus radiodurans was analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry: The monomeric subunit was: N- acetylglucosamine-N-acetylmuramic acid-L-Ala-D-Glu(gamma)-L-Orn-[(delta)Gly -Gly]-D-Ala-D-Ala. Cross-linkage was mediated by (Gly)(2) bridges, and glyc an strands were terminated in (1-->6)anhydro-muramic acid residues. Structu ral relations with the phylogenetically close Thermus thermophilus are disc ussed.