Biosynthesis of wall polymers in Bacillus subtilis.
AUTOR(ES)
Wyke, A W
RESUMO
Preparations of membrane plus wall derived from Bacillus subtilis W23 were used to study the in vitro synthesis of peptidoglycan and teichoic acid and their linkage to the preexisting cell wall. The teichoic acid synthesis showed an ordered requirement for the incorporation of N-acetylglucosamine from uridine 5'-diphosphate (UDP)-N-acetylglucosamine followed by addition of glycerol phosphate from cytidine 5'-diphosphate (CDP)-glycerol and finally by addition of ribitol phosphate from CDP-ribitol. UDP-N-acetylglucosamine was not only required for the synthesis of the teichoic acid, but N-acetylglucosamine residues formed an integral part of the linkage unit attaching polyribitol phosphate to the cell wall. Synthesis of the teichoic acid was exquisitely sensitive to the antibiotic tunicamycin, and this was shown to be due to the inhibition of incorporation of N-acetylglucosamine units from UDP-N-acetylglucosamine.
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