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Isolation of the lipid intermediate in peptidoglycan biosynthesis from Escherichia coli.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 112 ·No. 3 ·1972-12-00 ·Pages 1306-9

Umbreit JN, Strominger JL

Abstract

The lipid intermediate in peptidoglycan biosynthesis was isolated from Escherichia coli strain W and characterized as C(55)-isoprenyl-pyrophosphoryl N-acetylmuramyl(-pentapeptide)-N-acetyl-glucosamine.

MeSH Terms
Alanine/analysis Alcohols/analysis Amino Sugars/analysis Autoanalysis Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Thin Layer Escherichia coli/analysis,metabolism Glutamates/analysis Lipid Metabolism Lipids/analysis,isolation & purification Mass Spectrometry Peptidoglycan/biosynthesis Pimelic Acids/analysis
Chemicals
Alcohols Amino Sugars Glutamates Lipids Peptidoglycan Pimelic Acids Alanine
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Umbreit J N
Strominger J L
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.112.3.1306-1309.1972
Published
1972-12-00
Pages
1306-9
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC251564
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.112.3.1306-1309.1972 PMC Full Text View journal details
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