Abstract: | Addition of 3 M NaCl to 72-h cultures of Penicillium fellutanum in 2 mM phosphate resulted in an increase in percentage of extracellular peptidophosphogalactomannan III (pPxGMiii) and a decrease in that of pPxGMii. The magnitude of 31P nuclear magnetic resonance signals at 1.47 and 1.33 ppm of phospho-1-O-[N-peptidyl-(2-aminoethanol)] phosphodiesters pPxGMii and pPxGMiii decreased compared with controls. The data suggest that serine, glycine, and threonine residues from the 3-kDa peptide and from galactofuranosyl-6-O-phospho-1′-O-[N-peptidyl-(2-aminoethanol)] residues were the precursors of the needed choline-derived osmolytes. |