title: Cell wall teichoic acids of two Brevibacterium strains.
abstract: Structurally identical teichoic acids were detected in cell walls of two soil isolates assigned to Brevibacterium linens based on phylogenetic data. Both cell walls contain unsubstituted 1,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) and poly(glycosylglycerol phosphate). Repeating units of the latter--alpha-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->4)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->1)-Gro--are bound by phosphodiester bonds including OH-3 of galactose and OH-3 of glycerol. Some of the N-acetylglucosamine residues have 4,6-pyruvic acid acetal, amounts of the latter in the two strains being unequal. Species-specificity of the structures of teichoic acids in the genus Brevibacterium is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117913, Russia.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shashkov
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Potekhina
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Evtushenko
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Naumova
mesh_terms: D001951:Brevibacterium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013045:Species Specificity; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D013682:Teichoic Acids