title: Teichoic acids of the cell wall of Nocardiopsis listeri, Nocardiopsis lucentensis, and Nocardiopsis tregalosei.
abstract: The structures of teichoic acids of three Nocardiopsis species were established. The cell wall of Nocardiopsis listeri VKM Ac-1881T contains two teichoic acids (TA). TA1 is 1,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) with 50% glycerol phosphate residues substituted by alpha-N-acetylglucosamine in the C-2 position. TA2 is 1, 5-poly(ribitol phosphate) with each ribitol phosphate unit carrying pyruvate acetal groups in the 2 and 4 positions. The cell wall of Nocardiopsis lucentensis VKM Ac-1963T contains only one teichoic acid of the same structure as TA1 of N. listeri. The teichoic acid of the Nocardiopsis tregalosei VKM Ac-942 is a 1,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) substituted (60%) by beta-glucopyranosyl residues. Structures of polymers were studied by chemical and NMR spectroscopy methods. The presented results confirm the species-specificity of teichoic acids from Nocardiopsis genus.
authors.affiliation: School of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899 Russia.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Streshinskaya
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Tul'skaya
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shashkov
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Evtushenko
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Taran
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Naumova
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013682:Teichoic Acids