Comparison of the biosynthesis of the methanobacterial pseudomurein and the eubacterial murein
- 1 October 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Science of Nature
- Vol. 77 (10) , 472-475
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01135923
Abstract
From cell extracts of the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum 11 putative precursors of the pseudomurein were isolated and characterized. On the basis of the isolated intermediates, a biosynthetic pathway of the pseudomurein is proposed. Compared to the eubacterial murein the biosynthetic stages follow different pathways as indicated by the occurrence of a nucleotide-activated disaccharide and nucleotide-activated peptides.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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