The glycerol teichoic acid from walls of Staphylococcus epidermidis I2 |
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Authors: | A. R. Archibald J. Baddiley G. A. Shaukat |
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Affiliation: | Microbiological Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU |
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Abstract: | 1. Walls of Staphylococcus epidermidis I2 contain 30% (w/w) of a glycerol teichoic acid containing phosphate, d-alanine and d-glucose in the molecular proportions 1:0.25:0.50. 2. The teichoic acid was isolated by extraction with trichloroacetic acid and with dilute aqueous NN-dimethylhydrazine at pH7, and was shown to be a (1-->3)-linked poly(glycerol phosphate) containing beta-d-glucopyranosyl and d-alanyl ester substituents. 3. 2-O-beta-d-Glucopyranosylglycerol was isolated and characterized as its crystalline hexa-O-acetate. 4. Unlike that of certain other bacteria, the peptidoglycan component of the wall is not solubilized by NN-dimethylhydrazine. 5. The membrane teichoic acid is also a (1-->3)-linked poly(glycerol phosphate) but contains a smaller proportion of glucosyl substituents. |
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