Peptidoglycan Structure Analysis of Lactococcus lactis Reveals the Presence of an l , d -Carboxypeptidase Involved in Peptidoglycan Maturation
- 15 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 188 (14) , 5293-5298
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00285-06
Abstract
Detailed structural analysis of Lactococcus lactis peptidoglycan was achieved by identification of its constituent muropeptides separated by reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Modification of the classical elution buffer allowed direct and sensitive analysis of the purified muropeptides by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry. The structures of 45 muropeptides were assigned for L. lactis strain MG1363. Analysis of the muropeptide composition of an MG1363 dacB mutant showed that the dacB-encoded protein has L,D-carboxypeptidase activity and is involved in peptidoglycan maturation.This publication has 34 references indexed in Scilit:
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