title: Comparison of the biosynthesis of the methanobacterial pseudomurein and the eubacterial murein.
abstract: From cell extracts of the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum 11 putative precursors of the pseudomurein were isolated and characterized. On the basis of the isolated intermediates, a biosynthetic pathway of the pseudomurein is proposed. Compared to the eubacterial murein the biosynthetic stages follow different pathways as indicated by the occurrence of a nucleotide-activated disaccharide and nucleotide-activated peptides.
authors: Abteilung für Angewandte Mikrobiologie und Mykologie der Universität, Ulm, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Hartmann
authors: H
authors: H
authors: König
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001105:Archaea / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D010457:Peptidoglycan