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Comparison of the biosynthesis of the methanobacterial pseudomurein and the eubacterial murein
1Abteilung für Angewandte Mikrobiologie und Mykologie der Universität, Ulm, Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
Die Naturwissenschaften
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
From cell extracts of the archaebacterium Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum 11 putative precursors of the pseudomurein were isolated and characterized. On the basis of the isolated intermediates, a biosynthetic pathway of the pseudomurein is proposed. Compared to the eubacterial murein the biosynthetic stages follow different pathways as indicated by the occurrence of a nucleotide-activated disaccharide and nucleotide-activated peptides.