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Journal of Bacteriology, January 1999, p. 334-337, Vol. 181, No. 1
Centro de Biología Molecular
"Severo Ochoa," Consejo Superior de Investigaciones
Científicas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad
de Ciencias, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid,
Spain,1 and
Institute for Analytical
Chemistry, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna,
Austria2
Received 16 October 1998/Accepted 20 October 1998
Peptidoglycan from Deinococcus radiodurans was analyzed
by high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. The monomeric subunit was:
N-acetylglucosamine-N-acetylmuramic
acid-L-Ala-D-Glu-(
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Peptidoglycan Fine Structure of the Radiotolerant
Bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans Sark
)-L-Orn-[(
)Gly-Gly]-D-Ala-D-Ala. Cross-linkage was mediated by (Gly)2 bridges, and glycan
strands were terminated in (1
6)anhydro-muramic acid residues.
Structural relations with the phylogenetically close Thermus
thermophilus are discussed.
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Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa," Facultad de
Ciencias U.A.M., Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Phone: (34-1) 3978083. Fax: (34-1) 3978087. E-mail:
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