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Bhetuwal BR, Wu F, Meng S, Zhu J. Stereoselective Synthesis of 2-Azido-2-deoxy-β-d-mannosides via Cs 2CO 3-Mediated Anomeric O-Alkylation with Primary Triflates: Synthesis of a Tetrasaccharide Fragment of Micrococcus luteus Teichuronic Acid. J Org Chem 2020; 85:16196-16206. [PMID: 33201716 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cesium carbonate-mediated anomeric O-alkylation of various protected 2-azido-2-deoxy-d-mannoses with primary triflate electrophiles afforded corresponding 2-azido-2-deoxy-β-mannosides in good yields and excellent anomeric selectivity. In addition, 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethylhydantoin was found to be the optimal oxidant for preparation of those 2-azido-2-deoxy-d-mannoses from their corresponding thioglycosides. The utilization of this method was demonstrated in the synthesis of a tetrasaccharide fragment of Micrococcus luteus teichuronic acid containing N-acetyl-β-d-mannosaminuronic acid (ManNAcA).
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- Bishwa Raj Bhetuwal
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Green Chemistry and Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Green Chemistry and Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Green Chemistry and Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and School of Green Chemistry and Engineering, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft Street, Toledo, Ohio 43606, United States
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Zayko E, Bataeva D, Yushina Y, Makhova A, Grudistova M. Flow cytometry as a rapid test for detection of tetracycline resistance directly in bacterial cells in Micrococcus luteus. POTRAVINARSTVO 2020. [DOI: 10.5219/1354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Correct effective doses of antibiotics are important in the treatment of infectious diseases. The most frequently used methods for determination of the antibiotic susceptibility of bacterial pathogens are slow. The detection of multidrug-resistant bacteria currently relies on primary isolation followed by phenotypic detection of antibiotic resistance by measuring bacterial growth in the presence of the antibiotic being tested. The basic requirements for methods of detection of resistance to antibiotics include speed and accuracy. We studied the speed and accuracy of flow cytometry for the detection of tetracycline resistance in the Gram-positive bacteria Micrococcus luteus. Detection of cell viability and reliability of antibiotic resistance was carried out on the Guava EasyCyte flow cytometer (Merck Millipore, Germany) with SYBR Green and PI dyes. M. luteus was exposed to tetracycline (at 30, 90, 180 and 270 μg.mL-1) over 24 hours. Concentrations of live and dead cells were measured after 4 and 24 hours of incubation. The results revealed that the use of mixed dyes PI and SYBR Green allowed the division of cells into large subpopulations of live and dead cells and the DNA of destroyed cells. After 4 h exposure to tetracycline 30 μg.mL-1, the subpopulation of live cells decreased by 47% compared to the positive control. Tetracycline at 90 μg.mL-1 decreased the subpopulation of live cells by 59% compared to the positive control. A continued increase in concentration caused a shift in the population and an increase in dead cells, indicating damage to the cells of the microorganism. Incubation of M. luteus with 180 and 270 μg.mL-1 tetracycline decreased the subpopulation of live cells by 82% and 94%, respectively, in comparison with the positive control. After incubation with 30 μg of tetracycline over 24 h the number of living cells decreased by 70% in comparison with the positive control. Tetracycline treatment (90 μg.mL-1 for 24 h) killed 71% of cells. After exposure to 90 μg.mL-1 tetracycline 29% cells were viable. The viability of living cells was confirmed by a microbiological test.
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Yang B, Yang W, Ramadan S, Huang X. Pre-activation Based Stereoselective Glycosylations. European J Org Chem 2018; 2018:1075-1096. [PMID: 29805297 PMCID: PMC5963711 DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201701579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Due to the wide presence of carbohydrates in nature and their crucial roles in numerous important biological processes, oligosaccharides have attracted a lot of attention in synthetic organic chemistry community. Many innovative synthetic methods have been developed for oligosaccharide synthesis, among which the pre-activation based glycosylation is particularly noteworthy. Traditionally, glycosylation reactions are carried out when the glycosyl donor and the acceptor are both present when the promoter is added. In comparison, the pre-activation based glycosylation is unique, where the glycosyl donor is activated by the promoter in the absence of the acceptor. Upon complete donor activation, the acceptor is added to the reaction mixture enabling glycosylation. The key step in any oligosaccharide synthesis is the stereoselective formation of the glycosidic bond. As donor activation and acceptor glycosylation are temporally separated, pre-activation based glycosylation can bestow unique stereochemical control. This review systematically discusses factors impacting the stereochemical outcome of a pre-activation based glycosylation reaction including substituents on the glycosyl donor, reaction solvent, and additives. Applications of pre-activation based stereoselective glycosylation in assembly of complex oligosaccharides are also discussed.
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- Bo Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, Qaliobiya 13518, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, 578 South Shaw Lane, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
- Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 USA
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Taylor VL, Huszczynski SM, Lam JS. Membrane Translocation and Assembly of Sugar Polymer Precursors. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2015; 404:95-128. [PMID: 26853690 DOI: 10.1007/82_2015_5014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Bacterial polysaccharides play an essential role in cell viability, virulence, and evasion of host defenses. Although the polysaccharides themselves are highly diverse, the pathways by which bacteria synthesize these essential polymers are conserved in both Gram-negative and Gram-positive organisms. By utilizing a lipid linker, a series of glycosyltransferases and integral membrane proteins act in concert to synthesize capsular polysaccharide, teichoic acid, and teichuronic acid. The pathways used to produce these molecules are the Wzx/Wzy-dependent, the ABC-transporter-dependent, and the synthase-dependent pathways. This chapter will cover the initiation, synthesis of the various polysaccharides on the cytoplasmic face of the membrane using nucleotide sugar precursors, and export of the nascent chain from the cytoplasm to the extracellular milieu. As microbial glycobiology is an emerging field in Gram-positive bacteria research, parallels will be drawn to the more widely studied polysaccharide biosynthesis systems in Gram-negative species in order to provide greater understanding of these biologically significant molecules.
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- Véronique L Taylor
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Tul'skaya EM, Shashkov AS, Streshinskaya GM, Senchenkova SN, Potekhina NV, Kozlova YI, Evtushenko LI. Teichuronic and teichulosonic acids of actinomycetes. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 76:736-44. [PMID: 21999534 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297911070030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The subject of the present review is the structural diversity and abundance of cell wall teichuronic and teichulosonic acids of representatives of the order Actinomycetales. Recently found teichulosonic acids are a new class of natural glycopolymers with ald-2-ulosonic acid residues: Kdn (3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid) or di-N-acyl derivatives of Pse (5,7-diamino-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-L-glycero-L-manno-non-2-ulosonic or pseudaminic acid) as the obligatory component. The structures of teichuronic and teichulosonic acids are presented. Data are summarized on the occurrence of the glycopolymers of different nature in the cell wall of the studied actinomycetes. The biological role of the glycopolymers and their possible taxonomic implication are discussed. The comprehensive tables given in the Supplement show (13)C NMR spectroscopic data of teichuronic and teichulosonic acids obtained by the authors.
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Codée JDC, Walvoort MTC, de Jong AR, Lodder G, Overkleeft HS, van der Marel GA. Mannuronic Acids: Reactivity and Selectivity. J Carbohydr Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/07328303.2011.624284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Jeroen D. C. Codée
- a Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden , The Netherlands
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- a Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden , The Netherlands
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- a Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden , The Netherlands
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- a Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden , The Netherlands
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- a Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden , The Netherlands
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- a Leiden Institute of Chemistry , Leiden University , P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden , The Netherlands
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Lichtenthaler FW. 2-Oxoglycosyl ("ulosyl") and 2-oximinoglycosyl bromides: versatile donors for the expedient assembly of oligosaccharides with β-D-mannose, β-L-rhamnose, N-acetyl-β-D-mannosamine, and N-acetyl-β-D-mannosaminuronic acid units. Chem Rev 2011; 111:5569-609. [PMID: 21751781 DOI: 10.1021/cr100444b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Frieder W Lichtenthaler
- Clemens-Schöpf-Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Walvoort MTC, Lodder G, Overkleeft HS, Codée JDC, van der Marel GA. Mannosazide Methyl Uronate Donors. Glycosylating Properties and Use in the Construction of β-ManNAcA-Containing Oligosaccharides. J Org Chem 2010; 75:7990-8002. [DOI: 10.1021/jo101779v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Marthe T. C. Walvoort
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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The Cell Wall Teichuronic Acid Synthetase (TUAS) Is an Enzyme Complex Located in the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Micrococcus luteus. Biochem Res Int 2010; 2010:395758. [PMID: 21188072 PMCID: PMC3005890 DOI: 10.1155/2010/395758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2009] [Accepted: 01/18/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The cell wall teichuronic acid (TUA) of Micrococcus luteus is a long-chain polysaccharide
composed of disaccharide repeating units [-4-β-D-ManNAcAp-(1→6)α-D-Glcp−1-]n, which is covalently anchored to the peptidoglycan on the inner cell wall and extended to the outer surface of the cell envelope. An enzyme complex responsible for the TUA chain biosynthesis was purified and characterized. The 440 kDa enzyme complex, named teichuronic acid synthetase (TUAS), is an octomer composed of two kinds of glycosyltransferases, Glucosyltransferase, and ManNAcA-transferase, which is capable of catalyzing the transfer of disaccharide glycosyl residues containing both glucose and the N-acetylmannosaminuronic acid residues. TUAS displays hydrophobic properties and is found primarily associated with the cytoplasmic membrane. The purified TUAS contains carotinoids and lipids. TUAS activity is diminished by phospholipase digestion. We propose that TUAS serves as a multitasking polysaccharide assembling station on the bacterial membrane.
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Genome sequence of the Fleming strain of Micrococcus luteus, a simple free-living actinobacterium. J Bacteriol 2009; 192:841-60. [PMID: 19948807 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01254-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Micrococcus luteus (NCTC2665, "Fleming strain") has one of the smallest genomes of free-living actinobacteria sequenced to date, comprising a single circular chromosome of 2,501,097 bp (G+C content, 73%) predicted to encode 2,403 proteins. The genome shows extensive synteny with that of the closely related organism, Kocuria rhizophila, from which it was taxonomically separated relatively recently. Despite its small size, the genome harbors 73 insertion sequence (IS) elements, almost all of which are closely related to elements found in other actinobacteria. An IS element is inserted into the rrs gene of one of only two rrn operons found in M. luteus. The genome encodes only four sigma factors and 14 response regulators, a finding indicative of adaptation to a rather strict ecological niche (mammalian skin). The high sensitivity of M. luteus to beta-lactam antibiotics may result from the presence of a reduced set of penicillin-binding proteins and the absence of a wblC gene, which plays an important role in the antibiotic resistance in other actinobacteria. Consistent with the restricted range of compounds it can use as a sole source of carbon for energy and growth, M. luteus has a minimal complement of genes concerned with carbohydrate transport and metabolism and its inability to utilize glucose as a sole carbon source may be due to the apparent absence of a gene encoding glucokinase. Uniquely among characterized bacteria, M. luteus appears to be able to metabolize glycogen only via trehalose and to make trehalose only via glycogen. It has very few genes associated with secondary metabolism. In contrast to most other actinobacteria, M. luteus encodes only one resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) required for emergence from dormancy, and its complement of other dormancy-related proteins is also much reduced. M. luteus is capable of long-chain alkene biosynthesis, which is of interest for advanced biofuel production; a three-gene cluster essential for this metabolism has been identified in the genome.
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Yang S, Sugawara S, Monodane T, Nishijima M, Adachi Y, Akashi S, Miyake K, Hase S, Takada H. Micrococcus luteus teichuronic acids activate human and murine monocytic cells in a CD14- and toll-like receptor 4-dependent manner. Infect Immun 2001; 69:2025-30. [PMID: 11254554 PMCID: PMC98126 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.4.2025-2030.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Teichuronic acid (TUA), a component of the cell walls of the gram-positive organism Micrococcus luteus (formerly Micrococcus lysodeikticus), induced inflammatory cytokines in C3H/HeN mice but not in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-resistant C3H/HeJ mice that have a defect in the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene, both in vivo and in vitro, similarly to LPS (T. Monodane, Y. Kawabata, S. Yang, S. Hase, and H. Takada, J. Med. Microbiol. 50:4-12, 2001). In this study, we found that purified TUA (p-TUA) induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) in murine monocytic J774.1 cells but not in mutant LR-9 cells expressing membrane CD14 at a lower level than the parent J774.1 cells. The TNF-alpha-inducing activity of p-TUA in J774.1 cells was completely inhibited by anti-mouse CD14 monoclonal antibody (MAb). p-TUA also induced interleukin-8 (IL-8) in human monocytic THP-1 cells differentiated to macrophage-like cells expressing CD14. Anti-human CD14 MAb, anti-human TLR4 MAb, and synthetic lipid A precursor IV(A), an LPS antagonist, almost completely inhibited the IL-8-inducing ability of p-TUA, as well as LPS, in the differentiated THP-1 cells. Reduced p-TUA did not exhibit any activities in J774.1 or THP-1 cells. These findings strongly suggested that M. luteus TUA activates murine and human monocytic cells in a CD14- and TLR4-dependent manner, similar to LPS.
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- S Yang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan
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Rearrangements in the Course of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2001. [DOI: 10.1007/3-540-44422-x_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Deng L, Anderson JS. Biosynthesis of teichuronic acid in the bacterial cell wall. Purification and characterization of the glucosyltransferase of Micrococcus luteus. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:479-85. [PMID: 8995286 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.1.479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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This report describes what is, to our knowledge, the first purification to near homogeneity of an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the teichuronic acid of Micrococcus luteus cell walls. The glucosyltransferase of M. luteus, which participates in the biosynthesis of teichuronic acid, was solubilized from cytoplasmic membrane fragments by extraction with buffer solutions containing the detergents Thesit (dodecyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether; 1 mg/ml) and 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (0.5 mg/ml). The detergent-solubilized enzyme was purified 150-fold, with a recovery of 13% by adsorbent column chromatography, ion-exchange chromatography, gel filtration, and preparative nondenaturing gradient polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. On the basis of its mobility on native gradient gel, the glucosyltransferase was estimated to have a molecular mass of 440 kDa. The purified native enzyme was a multisubunit protein consisting of subunits of two sizes; their molecular masses were determined to be 52.5 and 54 kDa, respectively, by observation of the mobility of the protein bands in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was approximately 5.
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- L Deng
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108, USA
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Kaji E, Osa Y, Takahashi K, Hirooka M, Zen S, Lichtenthaler FW. Facile Preparation and Utilization of a Novelβ-D-ManNAcA-Donor: Methyl 2-Benzoyloxyimino-1-bromo-2-deoxy-α-D-arabino-hexopyranuronate. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1994. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.67.1130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Osa Y, Kaji E, Takahashi K, Hirooka M, Zen S, Lichtenthaler FW. Synthesis of a 2-Acetamido-2-deoxy-β-D-mannuronic Acid-Containing Artificial Glycolipid Corresponding to the Repeating Unit of a Teichuronic Acid fromMicrococcus luteus. CHEM LETT 1993. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.1993.1567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hildebrandt KM, Anderson JS. Biosynthetic elongation of isolated teichuronic acid polymers via glucosyl- and N-acetylmannosaminuronosyltransferases from solubilized cytoplasmic membrane fragments of Micrococcus luteus. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:5160-4. [PMID: 2118507 PMCID: PMC213176 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.9.5160-5164.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic membrane fragments of Micrococcus luteus catalyze in vitro biosynthesis of teichuronic acid from uridine diphosphate D-glucose (UDP-glucose), uridine diphosphate N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronic acid (UDP-ManNAcA), and uridine diphosphate N-acetyl-D-glucosamine. Membrane fragments solubilized with Thesit (dodecyl alcohol polyoxyethylene ether) can utilize UDP-glucose and UDP-ManNAcA to effect elongation of teichuronic acid isolated from native cell walls. When UDP-glucose is the only substrate supplied, the detergent-solubilized glucosyltransferase incorporates a single glucosyl residue onto each teichuronic acid acceptor. When both UDP-glucose and UDP-ManNAcA are supplied, the glucosyltransferase and the N-acetylmannosaminuronosyltransferase act cooperatively to elongate the teichuronic acid acceptor by multiple additions of the disaccharide repeat unit. As shown by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, low-molecular-weight fractions of teichuronic acid are converted to higher-molecular-weight polymers by the addition of as many as 17 disaccharide repeat units.
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- K M Hildebrandt
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108
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Teichuronic acid released from its phosphodiester linkage to peptidoglycan in the cell walls of Micrococcus luteus by mild acid treatment is resolved into a ladderlike series of bands by electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels in the presence of borate. Each band of the ladder differs from its nearest neighbor by one disaccharide repeat unit, ----4)-2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-mannopyranuronosyl-(1----6)- alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-(1-. Acid-fragmented teichuronic acid, after conversion to the phenylamine derivative, was fractionated by preparative-scale molecular sieve column chromatography, which produced a series of elution peaks. Fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry of the smallest member of the series determined its molecular weight and established its identity as the phenylamine derivative of one disaccharide repeat unit of teichuronic acid. Homologous fractions of the same series were used to index the ladder of bands obtained by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis from samples containing a more extensive distribution of polymer lengths. Nearly native teichuronic acid consists of polymers with a broad range of molecular sizes ranging from 20 to 55 disaccharide units. The most abundant species are those which have 25 to 40 repeat units. Prolonged treatment of teichuronic acid with the acid conditions used to release it from peptidoglycan causes gradual fragmentation of the teichuronic acid.
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Gassner GT, Dickie JP, Hamerski DA, Magnuson JK, Anderson JS. Teichuronic acid reducing terminal N-acetylglucosamine residue linked by phosphodiester to peptidoglycan of Micrococcus luteus. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:2273-9. [PMID: 2332401 PMCID: PMC208859 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.5.2273-2279.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Teichuronic acid-peptidoglycan complex isolated from Micrococcus luteus cells by lysozyme digestion in osmotically stabilized medium was treated with mild acid to cleave the linkage joining teichuronic acid to peptidoglycan. This labile linkage was shown to be the phosphodiester which joins N-acetylglucosamine, the residue located at the reducing end of the teichuronic acid, through its anomeric hydroxyl group to a 6-phosphomuramic acid, a residue of the glycan strand of peptidoglycan. 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the lysozyme digest of cell walls demonstrated the presence of a phosphodiester which was converted to a phosphomonoester by the conditions which released teichuronic acid from cell walls. Reduction of acid-liberated reducing end groups by NaB3H4 followed by complete acid hydrolysis yielded [3H] glucosaminitol from the true reducing end residue of teichuronic acid and [3H]glucitol from the sites of fragmentation of teichuronic acid. The amount of N-acetylglucosamine detected was approximately stoichiometric with the amount of phosphate in the complex. Partial fragmentation of teichuronic acid provides an explanation of the previous erroneous identification of the reducing end residue.
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- G T Gassner
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108
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Monodane T, Kusamichi M, Tokunaga M, Torii M. Cell surface of Micrococcus luteus: chemical treatment of the cells and teichuronic acids on the surface. Microbiol Immunol 1989; 33:165-74. [PMID: 2725345 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb01510.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Micrococcus luteus IFO 3333 cells, both treated with chemical reagents and non-treated, were observed with a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The agglutinability of the cells with antiserum containing anti-teichuronic acid antibody was examined. The binding of protein A-gold particles to the cells, mediated with the antiserum, was also observed with SEM. The surface of a M. luteus cell consisted of two or three areas with borders--the rough and the smooth areas, or the rough, the slightly rough, and the smooth areas; fluffy materials were clearly seen in the rough area. Gold particles were observed uniformly and densely on the whole cell surface. However, either mild acid treatment or mild Smith degradation of the cells altered the fluffy rough area to a rough one, and extremely decreased the agglutinability and the binding of protein A-gold particles. Teichuronic acids appeared to be distributed uniformly on the whole cell surface of M. luteus IFO 3333.
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- T Monodane
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Kagoshima University
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Doyle RJ, Sonnenfeld EM. Properties of the cell surfaces of pathogenic bacteria. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1989; 118:33-92. [PMID: 2691428 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60872-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- R J Doyle
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Kentucky 40292
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Bausteine von Oligosacchariden, LXXXIII. Synthese der Repeating Unit der Teichuronsäure vonMicrococcus luteus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1002/jlac.198719870349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Shibaev VN. Biosynthesis of bacterial polysaccharide chains composed of repeating units. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 1987; 44:277-339. [PMID: 3544700 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2318(08)60080-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Nasir-ud-Din, Lhermitte M, Lamblin G, Jeanloz RW. The phosphate diester linkage of the peptidoglycan polysaccharide moieties of Micrococcus lysodeikticus cell wall. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39199-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Monodane T, Kusamichi M, Tokunaga M. Surface of the cell packets induced from a Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) mutant. Microbiol Immunol 1985; 29:565-7. [PMID: 4046893 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1985.tb00859.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Yalpani M. A survey of recent advances in selective chemical and enzymic polysaccharide modifications. Tetrahedron 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)96652-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Johnson GL, Hoger JH, Ratnayake JH, Anderson JS. Characterization of three intermediates in the biosynthesis of teichuronic acid of Micrococcus luteus. Arch Biochem Biophys 1984; 235:679-91. [PMID: 6517607 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(84)90244-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Teichuronic acid, the Micrococcus luteus cell wall polysaccharide which consists of D-glucose and N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronic acid, is synthesized in vitro from uridine diphosphate N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, uridine diphosphate N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronic acid, and uridine diphosphate D-glucose in a series of reactions catalyzed by a particulate enzyme preparation. Several lipid-linked intermediates are formed, of which the first three are called components A, B, and C. The formation of these intermediates is inhibited by tunicamycin. The lipid moiety of the intermediates is approximately 95% undecaprenol and 5% dodecaprenol as determined by mass spectrometry. The oligosaccharide moieties of components B and C are the disaccharide, N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronyl-(1,3)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and the trisaccharide, N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronyl-(1,4)-N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronyl++ +-(1, 3)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, respectively, as determined by the complete degradation of the former and partial degradation of the latter by the alkaline beta-elimination reaction. The saccharide and lipid moieties of the intermediates are linked through pyrophosphate. Thus, component A is P1-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl P2-undecaprenyl diphosphate, component B is P1-N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronyl-(1, 3)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl P2-undecaprenyl diphosphate, and component C is P1-N-acetyl-D-mannosaminuronyl-(1,4)-N-acetyl-D-mannosaminurony l-(1, 3)-N-acetyl-alpha-D-glucosaminyl P2-undecaprenyl diphosphate.
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Arakawa H, Ito E. Biosynthesis of N-acetylmannosaminuronic-acid-containing cell-wall polysaccharide of Bacillus subtilis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1984; 143:635-42. [PMID: 6434309 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb08416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The particulate enzyme from Bacillus subtilis AHU 1031 catalyzed the synthesis of a polysaccharide and glycolipids from UDP-N-acetylmannosaminuronic acid (UDP-ManNAcUA), UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc), and UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc). The polysaccharide synthesis required UDP-ManNAcUA and UDP-GlcNAc, proceeded optimally at pH 8.5 and in the presence of 5 mM MgCl2 and 2.5 mM dithiothreitol, and was stimulated by the addition of UDP-Glc. The molar ratio of ManNAcUA, GlcNAc, and Glc incorporated into polysaccharide was calculated to be 1:1:1.8 from chemical analysis involving reduction with water soluble carbodiimide; its relative molecular mass was estimated to be 12000. The analysis of Smith degradation products revealed that the polysaccharide backbone is composed of repeating trisaccharide units comprising ManNAcUA, GlcNAc, and Glc. Based on the data regarding the time course of the incorporation of glucose into the polysaccharide, extra glucose seems to be attached to the polysaccharide backbone as lateral branches. The saccharide moieties of the glycolipids were identified as GlcNAc, ManNAcUA-GlcNAc, and Glc-ManNAcUA-GlcNAc from several analytical criteria. The addition of antibiotic 24010, a tunicamycin-like antibiotic, at 10 micrograms/ml resulted in almost complete inhibition of the synthesis of glycolipids and polysaccharide. It is therefore concluded that the glycolipids function as intermediates in polysaccharide formation. Incubation of the ManNAcUA-GlcNAc-linked lipid. (labeled in the ManNAcUA moiety) with the particulate enzyme and UDP-Glc resulted incorporation of radioactivity into a trisaccharide-linked lipid and a polysaccharide. These results suggest that the particulate enzyme utilizes the trisaccharide moiety of the Glc-ManNAcUA-GlcNAc-linked lipid for the elongation of the main polysaccharide chain presumed to be cell wall acidic polysaccharide of this strain.
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Yamazaki T, Laske DW, Herscovics A, Warren CD, Jeanloz RW. Biosynthesis of a D-glucosyl polyisoprenyl diphosphate in particulate preparations of Micrococcus lysodeikticus. Carbohydr Res 1983; 120:159-70. [PMID: 6627245 DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(83)88014-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Particulate fractions of Micrococcus lysodeikticus incubated with UDP-D-[14C]glucose incorporated radioactivity into a chloroform - methanol-soluble, low-mol. wt. compound, and into a polymer. The low-mol. wt. compound consisted of a glucolipid that was extremely labile to mild acid hydrolysis with the formation of D-[14C]glucose, and to mild alkali, yielding 14C-labeled alpha-D-glucopyranose 1,2-phosphate and D-glucose 2-phosphate. The labeled glucolipid was eluted from a DEAE-cellulose column at a salt concentration higher than that required by synthetic ficaprenyl (D-glucopyranosyl phosphate), and it migrated more slowly than the latter compound in t.l.c. Formation of the glucolipid was stimulated by exogenous ficaprenyl phosphate, but not by C55-dolichyl phosphate. These results suggest that the [14C]glucolipid has the characteristic properties of a polyisoprenyl glucosyl diphosphate.
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Use of proton n.m.r. spectroscopy for detection of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-mannose- and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-mannuronate-containing carbohydrates. Carbohydr Res 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(83)84062-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Traxler CI, Goustin AS, Anderson JS. Elongation of teichuronic acid chains by a wall-membrane preparation from Micrococcus luteus. J Bacteriol 1982; 150:649-56. [PMID: 7068531 PMCID: PMC216412 DOI: 10.1128/jb.150.2.649-656.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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A wall-plus-membrane preparation from Micrococcus luteus catalyzes the incorporation of [14C]glucose from UDP-[14C]glucose, into two fractions of teichuronic acid, which is the cell wall polysaccharide consisting of alternating residues of glucose and N-acetylmannosaminuronic acid (ManNAcUA). Membrane-associated teichuronic acid was extracted from the wall-membrane fraction of reaction mixtures by sodium dodecyl sulfate. The synthesis of membrane-associated teichuronic acid required UDP-glucose, UDP-ManNAcUA, and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and was inhibited by tunicamycin. Glucose incorporated into wall-bound teichuronic acid remained in wall fragments after extraction with sodium dodecyl sulfate, and its incorporation required UDP-glucose and UDP-ManNAcUA (but not UDP-N-acetylglucosamine) and was insensitive to tunicamycin. Radioactive material incorporated into wall-bound teichuronic acid could be released by treatment with mild acid or by digestion with lysozyme, indicating that the wall-bound teichuronic acid was covalently linked to peptidoglycan. There were about 600 pmol of wall-bound teichuronic acid acceptor sites for glucose per mg of protein as measured in incorporation reaction mixtures lacking UDP-ManNAcUA. In the presence of both UDP-glucose and UDP-ManNAcUA, elongation of teichuronic acid acceptor sites occurred, with the addition of six to eight disaccharide units to each acceptor site.
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Yoneyama T, Koike Y, Arakawa H, Yokoyama K, Sasaki Y, Kawamura T, Araki Y, Ito E, Takao S. Distribution of mannosamine and mannosaminuronic acid among cell walls of Bacillus species. J Bacteriol 1982; 149:15-21. [PMID: 6798015 PMCID: PMC216586 DOI: 10.1128/jb.149.1.15-21.1982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The distribution of mannosamine, mannosaminuronic acid, and the enzymes responsible for the formation of these saccharides was studied in nine species (18 strains) of Bacillus. Whereas UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase activity was detected in all of the strains examined, UDP-N-acetylmannosamine dehydrogenase, as well as the activity incorporating N-acetylmannosaminuronic acid residues from UDP-N-acetylmannosaminuronic acid into polymer, was found only in four strains of B. megaterium and one strain each of B. subtilis and B. polymyxa. The cell walls prepared from the six above-named strains were shown to contain mannosaminuronic acid in amounts of 135 to 245 nmol/mg. In contrast, mannosamine had a wide distribution. The cell walls from two strains of B. cereus and one strain each of B. circulans, B. polymyxa, B. sphaericus, and B. cereus subsp. mycoides contained mannosamine in amounts of 370 to 470 nmol/mg. In addition, the cell walls from five strains of B. subtilis, two strains of B. megaterium, and one strain each of B. cereus. B. coagulans, and B. licheniformis also contained this amino sugar in amounts as small as 10 to 35 nmol/mg. On the basis of analytical data, it is suggested that the mannosamine present in small amounts may be a common constituent of linkage units between peptidoglycan and other cell wall components such as glycerol teichoic acid.
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Salton MR. Structure--function relationships of Micrococcus lysodeikticus membranes: a bacterial membrane model system. Subcell Biochem 1980; 7:309-73. [PMID: 6449765 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-7948-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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N-Acetyltalosaminuronic acid a constituent of the pseudomurein of the genus Methanobacterium. Arch Microbiol 1979. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00406664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Monodane T, Matsushima Y, Kotani S. Cell wall-bridge maintaining three dimensional structure of cell packets formed by the localized suppression of cell separation of a Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) mutant. Microbiol Immunol 1979; 23:717-26. [PMID: 120485 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1979.tb00514.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cell packets of Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) mutant strain MT grown in medium supplemented with trypsin consisted of a tetrad as the unit structure. An interstice was observed between the unit-tetrads, and a three dimensional structure of cell packets was maintained by the cell wall-bridge along the rim of the cell packets which linked each unit-tetrad. This unique structure of strain MT cell packets seemed to occur when the cell separation was suppressed locally, i.e., when the cross wall inside the initial site of cell separation was cut off, while the wall outside the initial site of separation was not cut off but remained as a joint of the daughter cells. The mechanism of cell wall-bridge formation is discussed in connection with cell separation.
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Monodane T, Matsushima Y, Kotani S. Demonstration of the physiological role of autolysis by a comparative study with a wild-type and its non-autolytic mutant of Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) cultivated with externally added proteolytic enzymes. Microbiol Immunol 1978; 22:67-80. [PMID: 672671 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1978.tb00350.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The log phase cells of autolytic Microccus lysodeikticus (luteus) IFO 3333 did not autolyze when grown in the presence of trypsin although the growth curve and morphology of the cells were not influenced. A non-autolytic mutant was obtained by subculture of the wild-type strain IFO 3333 on an agar slant containing 1% glucose. The mutant (strain MT) was wild-type IFO 3333 which occurred singly or in irregular masses. The mutant MT grown in a culture medium containing trypsin caused remarkable alteration in cell morphology: large cell packets consisting of a number of "unit tetrads" arranged regularly in three dimensions were formed by the addition of trypsin to the medium. The findings suggest that inhibition of the separation of divided cells is brought about by inactivation or suppression of a cell wall autolytic enzyme which plays an important role in the separation step and is accessible to externally added trypsin in the mutant cells but not in the wild-type cells. The possibility that there are two kinds or phases of autolytic enzymes "a physiological autolytic enzyme" and "a useless autolytic enzyme", is discussed.
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Rohr TE, Levy GN, Stark NJ, Anderson JS. Initial reactions in biosynthesis of teichuronic acid of Micrococcus lysodeikticus cell walls. J Biol Chem 1977. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)40413-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Weston A, Perkins HR. Biosynthesis of wall-linked teichuronic acid by a wall-plus-membrane preparation from Micrococcus luteus. Effect of antibiotics. FEBS Lett 1977; 76:195-8. [PMID: 862900 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(77)80150-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A fragment of Micrococcus lysodeikticus cell-wall obtained by cetylpyridinium recipitation from the nondialyzable portion of the degradation products of egg-white lysozyme was studied by the periodate oxidation and methylation procedures. The fragment consists of a polysaccharide chain composed of about 40 repeating (1 leads to 4)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-mannopyranosyluronic acid)-(1 leads to 6)-O-(alpha-D-glucopyranosyl) residues with D-glucopyranosyl residues at both ends. The alpha-D-glucopyranose residue at the reducing end is linked to a phosphate group that is also linked to C-6 of a 2-acetamido-3-O-(D-1-carboxyethyl)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl residue of a peptidoglycan chain composed of four repeating (1 leads to 4)-O-[2-acetamido-3-O-(D-1-carboxyethyl)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl] residues. The peptidoglycan chain has, as nonreducing group, a 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranosyl group, and, as reducing residue, a 2-acetamido-3-O-(D-1-carboxytheyl)-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucose residue.
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Bayard B, Fournet B. Hydrazinolysis and nitrous acid deamination of the carbohydrate moiety of alpha1-acid glycoprotein. Carbohydr Res 1976; 46:75-86. [PMID: 1248015 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(00)83532-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hydrazinolysis followed by nitrous acid deamination of alpha1-acid glycoprotein gave acidic and neutral mono- and oligo-saccharides that contain 2,5-anhydro-D-mannose as reducing residue: alpha-D-Manp-(1 leads to 3)-[alpha-D-Manp-(1 leads to 6)]-beta-D-Manp-(1 leads to 4)-2,5-anhydro D-mannose (1), beta D-Galp-(1 leads to 4)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannose (3), 2,5-anhydro-D-mannose, and two N-acetylneuraminic acid-containing oligosaccharides having the common partial sequence: NeuNAc-(2 leads to ?)-[BETA-D-Galp-(1 leads to 4)-2,5-anhydro-D-mannose] (5). This specific cleavage of 2-amino-s-deoxy-D-glucosyl linkages released almost quantitatively a very limited number of saccharides. Reduction with sodium borotritide of the products of cleavage allowed the precise determination of the molar proportion of 1, 3, and free 2,5-anhydro-D-mannose.
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Yamada M, Hirose A, Matsuhashi M. Association of lack of cell wall teichuronic acid with formation of cell packets of Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) mutants. J Bacteriol 1975; 123:678-86. [PMID: 1158845 PMCID: PMC235775 DOI: 10.1128/jb.123.2.678-686.1975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Morphological mutants of Micrococcus lysodeikticus (luteus) were isolated by treatment with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. They occurred on plates in large, regular cell packets, whereas the parent cells usually grew as groups of two or four cells or as short chains. The mutants required a much higher concentration of Mg2+ for growth than the parent cells. The concentrations of Mg2+ and other components of the culture medium tested did not significantly affect the morphology of either the parent or mutant strains. The mutant strains were not agglutinated by antiserum to M. lysodeikticus, which mainly interacts with teichuronic acid on the cell surface, and chemical analysis of isolated cell walls of the mutants indicated the absence of teichuronic aicd. No significant differences were detected between the parent and mutant strains in the amounts of other cell wall components, e.g., peptidoglycan, protein, and teichoic acid. They possible roles of teichuronic acid in cell separation and attachment of divalent cations are discussed.
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Torii M, Sakakibara K, Kuroda K. Occurrence of 2-amino-2-deoxy-hexuronic acids as constituents of Vibrio parahaemolyticus K15 antigen. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1973; 37:401-5. [PMID: 4204717 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1973.tb02999.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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