The linkage between the polysaccharide and mucopeptide components of the cell wall of Lactobacillus casei.
1. The linkage between the polysaccharide and mucopeptide components of the cell wall of Lactobacillus casei is rapidly hydrolysed under mild acid-hydrolysis conditions. 2. The release of the polysaccharide is accompanied by the hydrolysis of an N-acetylhexosaminide linkage. The N-acetylhexosamine residue readily forms chromogen and it is concluded that it is substituted on C((3)) by the adjacent sugar. 3. Continued heating of the polysaccharide in acid results in a slower release of reactive N-acetylhexosamine due to the hydrolysis of glycosidic linkages within the polysaccharide. 4. After the linkage between the polysaccharide and mucopeptide has been hydrolysed, acid phosphatase will release approx. 40% of the total phosphorus as inorganic phosphate. 5. It is concluded that the polysaccharide component of the cell wall is joined through its reducing end group to a phosphate grouping in the mucopeptide.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000606:Amino Sugars; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003585:Cell Biology; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical; D006358:Hot Temperature; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000166:cytology*; D009088:Mucoproteins; D010455:Peptides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013464:Sulfuric Acids
D000606:Amino Sugars; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009088:Mucoproteins; D010455:Peptides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013464:Sulfuric Acids; D000135:Acid Phosphatase
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