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Nature and Origins of Phosphorus Compounds in Isolated Cell Walls of Staphylococcus aureus
- Publication Year :
- 1971
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Abstract
- Preparations of purified cell walls from Staphylococcus aureus were shown to contain small amounts of phospholipid and glycerol teichoic acid. Since these are components of the cell membrane, it is probable that the wall itself contains no lipid, but does retain fragments of membrane because of physical connections between wall and membrane. In walls of S. aureus strain 52A5, which completely lacks ribitol teichoic acid, the only phosphorylated compound identified as a genuine wall component was a phosphorylated derivative of murein that gave rise to muramic acid phosphate on acid hydrolysis. Muramic acid phosphate was also identified in hydrolysates of walls from S. aureus H and strain 52A2.
- Subjects :
- Electrophoresis
Glycerol
Lipopolysaccharides
Paper
Chromatography, Gas
Hot Temperature
Chromatography, Paper
Polymers
Ribose
Staphylococcus
Phospholipid
Biology
Muramic acid
medicine.disease_cause
Microbiology
Cell wall
Cell membrane
Hydrolysis
chemistry.chemical_compound
Bacterial Proteins
Cell Wall
Transferases
Nucleic Acids
medicine
Glycosides
Molecular Biology
Phospholipids
Teichoic acid
Carbon Isotopes
Pentosephosphates
Cell Membrane
Fatty Acids
Phosphorus Isotopes
Chromatography, Ion Exchange
Morphology and Ultrastructure
carbohydrates (lipids)
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Biochemistry
Staphylococcus aureus
Glycerophosphates
Nucleic acid
bacteria
Indicators and Reagents
Muramidase
Chromatography, Thin Layer
Autolysis
Acyltransferases
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6b88f6476cb9c535cc3e0ef1c177ddd4