Author:
Kraus W,Glauner B,Höltje J V
Abstract
Two widely used in vitro systems of Escherichia coli capable of synthesizing murein were evaluated by using high-pressure liquid chromatography for murein analysis. Comparison of the composition of murein synthesized by either a membrane preparation or ether-treated cells with native murein revealed that both in vitro systems failed to synthesize murein that was identical to murein formed in vivo. Furthermore, neither system attached the lipoprotein to the murein. Ether-treated cells, however, were superior to the membrane preparation in catalyzing the formation of the remarkable A2pm-A2pm cross-linkage. In both systems an atypical transpeptidation reaction was found to take place in which exogenously supplied UDP-N-acetylmuramylpentapeptide was directly linked to the murein without participation of the bactoprenol lipid carrier. The direct transpeptidation yields preferentially trimeric peptide bridges with the UDP-linked muramylpentapeptide serving as the acceptor.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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