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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1971-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
1. Cell walls were isolated from Bacillus licheniformis N.C.T.C. 6346 and Bacillus subtilis Marburg strain 168 trp grown on casein hydrolysate into exponential phase. Autolysis was carried out and the soluble products, separated by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, from the two wall preparations are broadly similar in composition and are in agreement with autolysis proceeding with hydrolysis of amide bonds between l-alanine and N-acetylmuramic acid residues in the mucopeptide components. 2. Peptides originating from the mucopeptide components were isolated and shown to be a monomer peptide, l-alanyl-d-glutamyl-meso-diaminopimelic acid and a dimer peptide containing two monomer peptides linked through a residue of d-alanine. Approximately one amide group is present for each equivalent tripeptide unit and is probably substituted on diaminopimelic acid residues. 3. Oligosaccharides originating from the mucopeptide components were isolated and after hydrolysis contained almost equimolar amounts of glucosamine and muramic acid and only very small amounts of amino acids. The number-average chain length, estimated by the release of non-reducing end groups of N-acetylglucosamine with exo-beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase, is approximately ten hexosamine residues for oligosaccharides isolated from either organism. The oligosaccharides are polydisperse. 4. N-Acetylglucosamine residues are the only reducing terminals detectable in the oligosaccharides isolated from B. subtilis or B. licheniformis cell-wall autolysates. The number-average chain lengths of the oligosaccharides were determined by estimation of the content of these residues and are higher than those found by enzymic assay. Possible reasons for the discrepancy are discussed.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
849-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1970
pubmed:articleTitle
Autolysis of isolated cell walls of Bacillus licheniformis N.C.T.C. 6346 and Bacillus subtilis Marburg Strain 168. Separation of the products and characterization of the mucopeptide fragments.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article