Major sites of metal binding in Bacillus licheniformis walls

Author:

Beveridge T J,Forsberg C W,Doyle R J

Abstract

Isolated and purified walls of Bacillus licheniformis NCTC 6346 his contained peptidoglycan, teichoic acid, and teichuronic acid (0.36 mumol of diaminopimelic acid, 0.85 mumol of organic phosphorus, and 0.43 mumol of glucuronic acid per mg [dry weight] of walls, respectively). The walls also contained a total of 0.208 mumol of metal per mg. When these walls were subjected to metal-binding conditions (T. J. Beveridge and R. G. E. Murray, J. Bacteriol. 127:1502-1518, 1976) for nine metals, the amount of bound metal above background ranged from 0.910 mumol of Na to 0.031 mumol of Au per mg of walls. Most were in the 0.500-mumol mg-1 range. Electron-scattering profiles from unstained thin sections indicated that the metal was dispersed throughout the wall fabric. Mild alkali treatment extracted teichoic acid from the walls (97% based on phosphorus) but left the peptidoglycan and teichuronic acid intact. This treatment reduced their capacity for all metals but Au. Thin sections revealed that the wall thickness had been reduced by one-third, but metal was still dispersed throughout the wall fabric. Trichloroacetic acid treatment of the teichoic acid-less walls removed 95% of the teichuronic acid (based on glucuronic acid) but left the peptidoglycan intact (based on sedimentable diaminopimelic acid). The thickness of these walls was not further reduced, but little binding capacity remained (usually less than 10% of the original binding). The staining of these walls with Au produced a 14.4-nm repeat frequency within the peptidoglycan fabric. Sedimentation velocity experiments with the extracted teichuronic acid in the presence of metal confirmed it to be a potent metal-complexing polymer. These results indicated that teichoic and teichuronic acids are the prime sites of metal binding in B. licheniformis walls.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Molecular Biology,Microbiology

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