title: Heterogeneous set of cell wall teichoic acids in strains of Bacillus subtilis VKM B-760 and VKM B-764.
abstract: Cell walls of Bacillus subtilis VKM B-760 and VKM B-764 are characterized by heterogeneous composition of teichoic acids. Polymer I with structure -6)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->1)-sn-Gro-(3-P-, polymer II with structure -6)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->1)-sn-Gro-(3-P-, and a small amount of unsubstituted 1,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) were detected in strain VKM B-760. Strain VKM B-764 contains an analogous set of teichoic acids, but a characteristic feature of polymer II is the presence of disubstituted glycerol residue with alpha-glucopyranose localization in the integral chain at C-1 hydroxyl and beta-glucopyranose as a side branch at C-2 hydroxyl (polymer III): -6)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->1)-[beta-D-Glcp-(1-->2)]-sn-Gro-(3-P-. The structures of polymer I in bacilli and polymer III in Gram-positive bacteria are described for the first time. Teichoic acids were studied by chemical methods and on the basis of combined analysis of one-dimensional 1H-, 13C-, and (31)P-NMR spectra, homonuclear two-dimensional (1)H/(1)H COSY, TOCSY, and ROESY, and heteronuclear two-dimensional (1)H/(13)C gHSQC- and HMQC-TOCSY experiments. Simultaneous presence of several different structure teichoic acids in the bacillus cell walls as well as chemotaxonomical perspectives of the application of these polymers as species-specific markers for members of the Bacillus genus is discussed.
authors: Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia. potekchina@hotbox.ru
authors: N V
authors: NV
authors: Potekhina
authors: G M
authors: GM
authors: Streshinskaya
authors: Yu I
authors: YI
authors: Kozlova
authors: E B
authors: EB
authors: Kudryashova
authors: S N
authors: SN
authors: Senchenkova
authors: A S
authors: AS
authors: Shashkov
authors: L N
authors: LN
authors: Anan'ina
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D013682:Teichoic Acids