Cell wall teichoic acids of two Brevibacterium strains.
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.
Shashkov
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Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117913, Russia.
Potekhina
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Evtushenko
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Naumova
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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
D013682:Teichoic Acids