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Recycling of murein by Escherichia coli
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The tripeptide (L-Ala-D-Glu-meso-diaminopimelic acid [A2pm]), tetrapeptide (L-Ala-D-Glu-A2pm-D-Ala), and dipeptide (A2pm-D-Ala) which are shed by Escherichia coli from the murein sacculus were found to be reused by the cells to synthesize murein. The tripeptide was used directly, without degradation, to form UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-L-Ala-D-Glu-A2pm. The tetrapeptide lost its carboxy-terminal D-Ala, apparently in the periplasm, before being used. The dipeptide was degraded to D-Ala and A2pm before uptake.
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- Authors
- Goodell, E. W.
- Venue
- Journal of Bacteriology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 1985-07
- Volume
- 163
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 305-310
- ISSN
- 0021-9193 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5530
- OpenAlex
- W2098003536
- Cited by
- 245
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 2.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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