Cleavage and resynthesis of peptide cross bridges in Escherichia coli murein.
AUTOR(ES)
Goodell, E W
RESUMO
In Escherichia coli, peptide cross bridges in the murein undergo turnover after they are synthesized. Peptide cross bridges formed in the presence of [3H]diaminopimelic acid were found to lose 3H label from their donor peptides after the [3H]diaminopimelic acid was removed from the growth medium. There was a corresponding increase in the amount of 3H label in acceptor peptides so that the total amount of label in the peptide cross bridges remained constant. Our explanation of this observation is that the cross bridges are cleaved by the cell, and the original 3H-labeled donor peptides are incorporated into new cross bridges. Since these 3H-labeled peptides are now only tetrapeptides, they can only be used as acceptors when new cross bridges are formed.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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