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Wu W, Qin Y, Fang Y, Zhang Y, Shao S, Meng F, Zhang M. Based on multi-omics technology study the antibacterial mechanisms of pH-dependent N-GQDs beyond ROS. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2023; 441:129954. [PMID: 36116315 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Currently, graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are widely used as antibacterial agents, and their effects are dependent on the reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by photodynamic and peroxidase activities. Nevertheless, the supply of substrates or light greatly limits GQDs application. Besides, due to compensatory mechanisms in bacteria, comprehensive analysis of the molecular mechanism underlying the effects of GQDs based on cellular-level experiments is insufficient. Therefore, N-GQDs with inherent excellent, broad-spectrum antibacterial efficacy under acidic conditions were successfully synthesized. Then, via multi-omics analyses, the antibacterial mechanisms of the N-GQDs were found to not only involve generation ROS but also be associated with changes in osmotic pressure, interference with nucleic acid synthesis and inhibition of energy metabolism. More surprisingly, the N-GQDs could destroy intracellular acid-base homeostasis, causing bacterial cell death. In conclusion, this study provides important insights into the antibacterial mechanism of GQDs, offering a basis for the engineering design of antibacterial nanomaterials.
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- Wanfeng Wu
- College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830046, China
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- College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China; Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830046, China.
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The normal, unmodified glycan strands of bacterial peptidoglycan consist of alternating residues of beta-1,4-linked N-acetylmuramic acid and N-acetylglucosamine. In many species the glycan strands become modified after their insertion into the cell wall. This review describes the structure of secondary modifications and of attachment sites of surface polymers in the glycan strands of peptidoglycan. It also provides an overview of the occurrence of these modifications in various bacterial species. Recently, enzymes responsible for the N-deacetylation, N-glycolylation and O-acetylation of the glycan strands were identified. The presence of these modifications affects the hydrolysis of peptidoglycan and its enlargement during cell growth. Glycan strands are frequently deacetylated and/or O-acetylated in pathogenic species. These alterations affect the recognition of bacteria by host factors, and contribute to the resistance of bacteria to host defence factors such as lysozyme.
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- Waldemar Vollmer
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Creti R, Koch S, Fabretti F, Baldassarri L, Huebner J. Enterococcal colonization of the gastro-intestinal tract: role of biofilm and environmental oligosaccharides. BMC Microbiol 2006; 6:60. [PMID: 16834772 PMCID: PMC1534043 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Biofilm formation in E. faecalis is presumed to play an important role in a number of enterococcal infections. We have previously identified a genetic locus provisionally named bop that is involved in maltose metabolism and biofilm formation. A transposon insertion into the second gene of the locus (bopB) resulted in loss of biofilm formation, while the non-polar deletion of this gene, together with parts of the flanking genes (bopA and bopC) resulted in increased biofilm formation. A polar effect of the transposon insertion on a transcriptional regulator (bopD) was responsible for the reduced biofilm formation of the transposon mutant. Results The amount of biofilm formed is related to the presence of maltose or glucose in the growth medium. While the wild-type strain was able to produce biofilm in medium containing either glucose or maltose, two mutants of this locus showed opposite effects. When grown in medium containing 1% glucose, the transposon mutant showed reduced biofilm formation (9%), while the deletion mutant produced more biofilm (110%) than the wild-type. When grown in medium containing 1% maltose, the transposon mutant was able to produce more biofilm than the wild-type strain (111%), while the deletion mutant did not produce biofilm (4%). Biofilm formation was not affected by the presence of several other sugar sources. In a gastrointestinal colonization model, the biofilm-negative mutant was delayed in colonization of the mouse intestinal tract. Conclusion The biofilm-positive phenotype of the wild-type strain seems to be associated with colonization of enterococci in the gut and the presence of oligosaccharides in food may influence biofilm formation and therefore colonization of enterococci in the gastrointestinal system.
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- Roberta Creti
- Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie ed Immunomediate – Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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- Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie ed Immunomediate – Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Malattie Infettive, Parassitarie ed Immunomediate – Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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- Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
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Neuhaus FC, Baddiley J. A continuum of anionic charge: structures and functions of D-alanyl-teichoic acids in gram-positive bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2003; 67:686-723. [PMID: 14665680 PMCID: PMC309049 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.67.4.686-723.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 727] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Teichoic acids (TAs) are major wall and membrane components of most gram-positive bacteria. With few exceptions, they are polymers of glycerol-phosphate or ribitol-phosphate to which are attached glycosyl and D-alanyl ester residues. Wall TA is attached to peptidoglycan via a linkage unit, whereas lipoteichoic acid is attached to glycolipid intercalated in the membrane. Together with peptidoglycan, these polymers make up a polyanionic matrix that functions in (i) cation homeostasis; (ii) trafficking of ions, nutrients, proteins, and antibiotics; (iii) regulation of autolysins; and (iv) presentation of envelope proteins. The esterification of TAs with D-alanyl esters provides a means of modulating the net anionic charge, determining the cationic binding capacity, and displaying cations in the wall. This review addresses the structures and functions of D-alanyl-TAs, the D-alanylation system encoded by the dlt operon, and the roles of TAs in cell growth. The importance of dlt in the physiology of many organisms is illustrated by the variety of mutant phenotypes. In addition, advances in our understanding of D-alanyl ester function in virulence and host-mediated responses have been made possible through targeted mutagenesis of dlt. Studies of the mechanism of D-alanylation have identified two potential targets of antibacterial action and provided possible screening reactions for designing novel agents targeted to D-alanyl-TA synthesis.
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- Francis C Neuhaus
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208. USA.
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Van Eldere J, Brophy L, Loynds B, Celis P, Hancock I, Carman S, Kroll JS, Moxon ER. Region II of the Haemophilus influenzae type be capsulation locus is involved in serotype-specific polysaccharide synthesis. Mol Microbiol 1995; 15:107-18. [PMID: 7752885 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.tb02225.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The central (serotype-specific) Region II of the Haemophilus influenzae Type b capsulation locus cap is 8.3 kb long and contains a cluster of four genes. We show that these genes, designated orf1 to orf4, are involved in the biosynthetic steps required for the formation of the Type b capsular polysaccharide and that orf1 probably encodes a CDP-ribitolpyrophosphorylase. We present evidence that growth of polysaccharide chains takes place through the alternating addition of single sugar nucleotides.
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- J Van Eldere
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
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- Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Ntamere AS, Taron DJ, Neuhaus FC. Assembly of D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid in Lactobacillus casei: mutants deficient in the D-alanyl ester content of this amphiphile. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:1702-11. [PMID: 3104312 PMCID: PMC212002 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.4.1702-1711.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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D-Alanyl-lipoteichoic acid (D-alanyl-LTA) from Lactobacillus casei ATCC 7469 contains a poly(glycerophosphate) moiety that is acylated with D-alanyl ester residues. The physiological function of these residues is not well understood. Five mutant strains of this organism that are deficient in the esters of this amphiphile were isolated and characterized. When compared with the parent, strains AN-1 and AN-4 incorporated less than 10% of D-[14C]alanine into LTA, whereas AN-2, AN-3, and AN-5 incorporated 50%. The synthesis of D-[14C]alanyl-lipophilic LTA was virtually absent in the first group and was approximately 30% in the second group. The mutant strains synthesized and selected the glycolipid anchor for LTA assembly. In addition, all of the strains synthesized the poly(glycerophosphate) moiety of LTA to the same extent as did the parent or to a greater extent. It was concluded that the membranes from the mutant strains AN-1 and AN-4 are defective for D-alanylation of LTA even though acceptor LTA is present. Mutant strains AN-2 and AN-3 appear to be partially deficient in the amount of the D-alanine-activating enzyme. Aberrant morphology and defective cell separation appear to result from this deficiency in D-alanyl ester content.
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Harrington CR, Baddiley J. Biosynthesis of wall teichoic acids in Staphylococcus aureus H, Micrococcus varians and Bacillus subtilis W23. Involvement of lipid intermediates containing the disaccharide N-acetylmannosaminyl N-acetylglucosamine. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1985; 153:639-45. [PMID: 3935442 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1985.tb09348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The precursors for linkage unit (LU) synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus H were UDP-GlcNAc, UDP-N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) and CDP-glycerol and synthesis was stimulated by ATP. Moraprenol-PP-GlcNAc-ManNAc-(glycerol phosphate)1-3 was formed from chemically synthesised moraprenol-PP-GlcNAc, UDP-ManNAc and CDP-glycerol in the presence of Triton X-100. LU intermediates formed under both conditions served as acceptors for ribitol phosphate residues, from CDP-ribitol, which comprise the main chain. The initial transfer of GlcNAc-1-phosphate from UDP-GlcNAc was very sensitive to tunicamycin whereas the subsequent transfer of ManNAc from UDP-ManNAc was not. Poly(GlcNAc-1-phosphate) and LU synthesis in Micrococcus varians, with endogenous lipid acceptor, UDP-GlcNAc and CDP-glycerol, was stimulated by UDP-ManNAc. Synthesis of LU on exogenous moraprenol-PP-GlcNAc, with Triton X-100, was dependent on UDP-ManNAc and CDP-glycerol and the intermediates formed served as substrates for polymer synthesis. Membranes from Bacillus subtilis W23 had much lower levels of LU synthesis, but UDP-ManNAc was again required for optimal synthesis in the presence of UDP-GlcNAc and CDP-glycerol. Conditions for LU synthesis on exogenous moraprenol-PP-GlcNAc were not found in this organism. LU synthesis on endogenous acceptor in the absence of UDP-ManNAc was explained by contamination of membranes with UDP-GlcNAc 2-epimerase. Under appropriate conditions, low levels of this enzyme were sufficient to convert UDP-GlcNAc into a mixture of UDP-Glc-NAc and UDP-ManNAc and account for LU synthesis. The results indicate the formation of prenol-PP-GlcNAc-ManNAc-(glycerol phosphate)1-3 which is involved in the synthesis of wall teichoic acids in S. aureus H, M. varians and B. subtilis W23 and their attachment to peptidoglycan.
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Fiedler F, Steber J. Structure and biosynthesis of teichoic acids in the cell walls of Staphylococcus xylosus DSM 20266. Arch Microbiol 1984; 138:321-8. [PMID: 6477033 DOI: 10.1007/bf00410898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The simultaneous occurrence of a N-acetylglucosaminyl poly(ribitolphosphate) (beta-GlcNAc) and a N-acetylglucosaminyl poly(glycerolphosphate) (alpha-GlcNAc) in the cell walls of Staphylococcus xylosus DSM 20266 was demonstrated by different experimental lines: (1) Fractionation of extracted cell wall teichoic acid on DEAE-cellulose, (2) investigation of the composition of cell walls in the growth cycle, (3) in vitro biosynthesis using crude membranes as the source of enzyme. The polymerization of these polymers starts from CDP-ribitol and CDP-glycerol, respectively. In the presence of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine both polymers are substituted with N-acetylglucosamine at a level and with the identical anomeric configuration found in the native cell wall teichoic acids. The in vitro biosynthesis of poly(glycerolphosphate) was unique in that it was highly stimulated by UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and to a lower extent by other UDP-activated sugars. Kinetic studies have provided evidence that this stimulation is due to an increase of Vmax while Km is unchanged. Competition experiments have indicated that poly(ribitolphosphate) and poly(glycerolphosphate) were synthesized in the in vitro system in a close spatial relationship.
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McArthur H, Baddiley J. Polyisoprenyl pyrophosphate intermediates in the synthesis of teichoic acids. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1981. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1981.tb07644.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Protoplasts of Bacillus subtilis W23 readily synthesized ribitol teichoic acid from nucleotide precursors in the surrounding medium. With cytidine diphosphate-ribitol they made poly(ribitol phosphate), presumably attached to lipoteichoic acid carrier; when cytidine diphosphate-glycerol and uridine diphosphate-N-acetylglucosamine were also present a 10-fold increase in the rate of polymer synthesis occurred, and the product contained both the main chain and the linkage unit. Synthesis was inhibited by trypsin or p-chloromercuribenzenesulfonate in the medium, and we concluded that it occurred at the outer surface of the membrane. During synthesis, which was also achieved readily by whole cells after a brief period of wall lysis, the cytidine phosphate portion of the nucleotide precursors did not pass through the membrane. No evidence could be obtained for a transphosphorylation mechanism for the translocation process. It is suggested that reaction with exogenous substrates was due to temporary exposure of a protein component of the enzyme complex at the outer surface of the membrane during the normal biosynthetic cycle.
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Hancock IC. The biosynthesis of wall teichoic acid by toluenised cells of Bacillus subtilis W23. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1981; 119:85-90. [PMID: 6804231 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1981.tb05580.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Toluenised cells of Bacillus subtilis W23 synthesized the teichoic acid, poly(ribitol phosphate), from exogenous precursors. The synthesis was dependent on concomitant synthesis of the linkage unit that joins teichoic acid to peptidoglycan. Under conditions that reduced cell autolytic activity, a large proportion of the teichoic acid became linked to the cell wall, independently of peptidoglycan synthesis. The specific activity of the system was more than 30 times that of isolated membranes, so that activity could be measured readily in the cells from 2 ml of an exponential culture of bacteria.
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Hancock IC, Wiseman G, Baddiley J. Lipid intermediate in the synthesis of the linkage unit that joins teichoic acid to peptidoglycan in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 1981; 147:698-701. [PMID: 6790521 PMCID: PMC216096 DOI: 10.1128/jb.147.2.698-701.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Membranes from Bacillus subtilis W23 synthesized a lipid precursor of the linkage unit that attaches teichoic acid to the cell wall. It contained glycerophosphoryl-N-acetylglucosamine, linked through an acid-labile bond to a lipid.
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McArthur HA, Hancock IC, Baddiley J. Attachment of the main chain to the linkage unit in biosynthesis of teichoic acids. J Bacteriol 1981; 145:1222-31. [PMID: 6782090 PMCID: PMC217122 DOI: 10.1128/jb.145.3.1222-1231.1981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The main chain of teichoic acids can be assembled in cell-free membrane preparations by the transfer of residues from the appropriate nucleotide precursors to an incompletely characterized amphiphilic molecule, lipoteichoic acid carrier (LTC). However, in the cell wall, the main chain is attached to peptidoglycan through a linkage unit which is synthesized independently. It is believed that, in these cell-free systems, lipid intermediates carrying linkage units are also able to accept residues directly from nucleotide precursors to build up the main chain. In this paper, we have shown that the main chain attached to LTC was transferred from LTC to lipids containing the linkage unit. Thus, in these systems, there appear to be two routes to the biosynthesis of teichoic acid-linkage unit complexes, one by direct assembly of the main chain on linkage unit lipids and the other by transfer of the preassembled main chain from LTC to the linkage unit. It was also shown that linkage unit lipids from different organisms were interchangeable and that these were used for polymer synthesis by Bacillus subtilis 3610, in which the teichoic acid is a poly(glycerol phosphate).
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Childs WC, Neuhaus FC. Biosynthesis of D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid: characterization of ester-linked D-alanine in the in vitro-synthesized product. J Bacteriol 1980; 143:293-301. [PMID: 6772629 PMCID: PMC294230 DOI: 10.1128/jb.143.1.293-301.1980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [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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d-Alanyl-lipoteichoic acid (d-alanyl-LTA) contains d-alanine ester residues which control the ability of this polyer to chelate Mg(2+). In Lactobacillus casei a two-step in vitro reaction sequence catalyzed by the d-alanine-activating enzyme and d-alanine:membrane acceptor ligase incorporates d-alanine into membrane acceptor. In this paper we provide additional evidence that the in vitro system catalyzes the covalent incorporation of d-[(14)C]alanine into membrane acceptor which is the poly([(3)H]glycerol phosphate) moiety of d-alanyl-LTA. This conclusion was supported by the observation that the d-[(14)C]alanine and [(3)H]glycerol labels of the partially purified product were co-precipitated by antiserum containing globulins specific for poly(glycerol phosphate). The isolation of d-[(14)C]alanyl-[(3)H]glycerol from d-[(14)C]alanine.[(3)H]glycerol-labeled d-alanyl-LTA synthesized in the in vitro system indicated that the d-alanine was linked to the poly(glycerol phosphate) chain of the LTA. A comparison of the reactivities of the d-alanine residues of d-alanyl-glycerol and d-alanyl-LTA supported the conclusion that the incorporated residue of d-alanine was attached by an ester linkage. Thus, the data indicated that the in vitro system catalyzes the incorporation of d-alanine covalently linked by ester linkages to the glycerol moieties of the poly(glycerol phosphate) chains of d-alanyl-LTA. New procedures are presented for the partial purification of d-alanyl-LTA with a high yield of ester-linked d-alanine and for the sequential degradation of the poly(glycerol phosphate) moiety substituted with d-alanine of d-alanyl-LTA with phosphodiesterase II/phosphatase from Aspergillus niger.
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Fischer W, Koch H, Rösel P, Fiedler F, Schmuck L. Structural requirements of lipoteichoic acid carrier for recognition by the poly(ribitol phosphate) polymerase from Staphylococcus aureus H. A study of various lipoteichoic acids, derivatives, and related compounds. J Biol Chem 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)85528-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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McArthur HA, Hancock IC, Roberts FM, Baddiley J. Biosynthesis of teichoic acid in Micrococcus varians ATCC 29750. Characterization of a further lipid intermediate. FEBS Lett 1980; 111:317-23. [PMID: 7358174 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(80)80818-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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McArthur H, Roberts F, Hancock I, Baddiley J. Concomitant synthesis and attachment of cell wall polymers by a membrane preparation from Micrococcus varians ATCC 29750. Bioorg Chem 1980. [DOI: 10.1016/0045-2068(80)90032-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Roberts FM, McArthur HA, Hancock IC, Baddiley J. Biosynthesis of the linkage unit joining peptidoglycan to poly(N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate) in walls of Micrococcus varians ATCC 29750. FEBS Lett 1979; 97:211-6. [PMID: 761625 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(79)80086-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Coley J, Tarelli E, Archibald AR, Baddiley J. The linkage between teichoic acid and peptidoglycan in bacterial cell walls. FEBS Lett 1978; 88:1-9. [PMID: 416968 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(78)80594-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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McArthur HA, Roberts FM, Hancock IC, Baddiley J. Lipid intermediates in the biosynthesis of the linkage unit between teichoic acids and peptidoglycan. FEBS Lett 1978; 86:193-200. [PMID: 624402 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(78)80561-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Heptinstall J, Coley J, Ward PJ, Archibald AR, Baddiley J. The linkage of sugar phosphate polymer to peptidoglycan in walls of Micrococcus sp. 2102. Biochem J 1978; 169:329-36. [PMID: 629757 PMCID: PMC1184171 DOI: 10.1042/bj1690329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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1. Protein-free walls of Micrococcus sp. 2102 contain peptidoglycan, poly-(N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate) and small amounts of glycerol phosphate. 2. After destruction of the poly-(N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate) with periodate, the glycerol phosphate remains attached to the wall, but can be removed by controlled alkaline hydrolysis. The homogeneous product comprises a chain of three glycerol phosphates and an additional phosphate residue. 3. The poly-(N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate) is attached through its terminal phosphate to one end of the tri(glycerol phosphate). 4. The other end of the glycerol phosphate trimer is attached through its terminal phosphate to the 3-or 4-position of an N-acetylglucosamine. It is concluded that the sequence of residues in the sugar 1-phosphate polymer-peptidoglycan complex is: (N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate)24-(glycerol phosphate)3-N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate-muramic acid (in peptidoglycan). Thus in this organism the phosphorylated wall polymer is attached to the peptidoglycan of the wall through a linkage unit comprising a chain of three glycerol phosphate residues and an N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate, similar to or identical with the linkage unit in Staphylococcus aureus H.
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Hakenbeck R, Waks S, Tomasz A. Characterization of cell wall polymers secreted into the growth medium of lysis-defective pneumococci during treatment with penicillin and other inhibitors of cell wall synthesis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1978; 13:302-11. [PMID: 25618 PMCID: PMC352231 DOI: 10.1128/aac.13.2.302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Autolysin-defective pneumococci secrete large quantities of choline-containing cell wall polymers into the growth medium during treatment with inhibitors of peptidoglycan synthesis. The secreted polymers were separated into three fractions by a combination of gel filtration on agarose and sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel electrophoresis. Fraction I had a high apparent molecular size and contained the Forssman antigen in complex with material exhibiting properties of cell wall teichoic acid. Choline-containing polymers of as yet uncharacterized structure were present in both fractions IIA and IIB, and fraction IIA also contained peptidoglycan components.
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Coley J, Archibald R, Baddiley J. The presence of N-acetylglucosamine 1-phosphate in the linkage unit that connects teichoic acid to peptidoglycan in Staphylococcus aureus. FEBS Lett 1977; 80:405-7. [PMID: 891993 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(77)80486-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Preparations of membrane plus wall derived from Bacillus subtilis W23 were used to study the in vitro synthesis of peptidoglycan and teichoic acid and their linkage to the preexisting cell wall. The teichoic acid synthesis showed an ordered requirement for the incorporation of N-acetylglucosamine from uridine 5'-diphosphate (UDP)-N-acetylglucosamine followed by addition of glycerol phosphate from cytidine 5'-diphosphate (CDP)-glycerol and finally by addition of ribitol phosphate from CDP-ribitol. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine was not only required for the synthesis of the teichoic acid, but N-acetylglucosamine residues formed an integral part of the linkage unit attaching polyribitol phosphate to the cell wall. Synthesis of the teichoic acid was exquisitely sensitive to the antibiotic tunicamycin, and this was shown to be due to the inhibition of incorporation of N-acetylglucosamine units from UDP-N-acetylglucosamine.
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Lambert PA, Hancock IC, Baddiley J. Occurrence and function of membrane teichoic acids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1977; 472:1-12. [PMID: 406922 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(77)90012-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Membrane teichoic acids, sometimes described as lipoteichoic acids, are important but not major components of nearly all Gram-positive bacteria. They appear on the outer surface of the cytoplasmic membrane and possess antigenic properties. Several functions have been ascribed to these glycerol phosphate polymers, including the binding of divalent cations required for optimal activity of membrane-bound enzymes, and the control of certain lytic enzymes. A substance that is identical or closely similar to membrane teichoic acid, lipoteichoic acid carrier, plays an important part in the biosynthesis of wall teichoic acid; it accepts polyol phosphate residues from CDP-glycerol or CDP-ribitol to form a polyol phosphate chain which is then transferred after the incorporation of a tri(glycerol phosphate) linkage unit, to the growing glycan chain of peptidoglycan.
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Klein DA, Engel R, Tropp BE. Incorporation of 3,4-dihydroxybutyl-1-phosphonate, a glycerol 3-phosphate analogue, into the cell wall of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 1977; 129:550-3. [PMID: 401504 PMCID: PMC234959 DOI: 10.1128/jb.129.1.550-553.1977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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3,4-Dihydroxybutyl-1-phosphonate, a bacteriostatic agent toward Bacillus subtilus 168 and a bactericidal agent toward strain W 23, is incorporated into cell walls and phospholipids of each strain.
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Hancock IC, Wiseman G, Baddiley J. Biosynthesis of the unit that links teichoic acid to the bacterial wall: inhibition by tunicamycin. FEBS Lett 1976; 69:75-80. [PMID: 825388 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(76)80657-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A crude cell wall preparation from Staphylococcus aureus H prepared by the method of Mirelman and Sharon (1972) was shown to catalyze the synthesis of polyribitol phosphate linked to the cell wall peptidoglycan. The reaction used cytidine diphosphate (CDP)-ribitol as a substrate and in addition required the presence of CDP-glycerol, uridine diphosphate (UDP)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and adenosine triphosphate. Incubation of radioactive CDP-glycerol with the crude cell wall preparation resulted in the transfer of glycerol phosphate residues to the cell wall; this reaction was greatly stimulated by the presence of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. These data suggest that polyribitol phosphate is linked to the cell wall peptidoglycan by an oligomer contaning N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and glycerol phosphate.
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