| Literature DB >> 361720 |
R W Verwer, N Nanninga, W Keck, U Schwarz.
Abstract
A novel of Escherichia coli endopeptidase was used for a selective partial hydrolysis of the peptide bridges which interlink the glycan chains in E. coli sacculi. The loosening of the murein network revealed, in the electron microscope, a preferential orientation of the glycan chains, more or less perpendicular to the length axis of the cell. Control incubations with E. coli transglycosylase or egg-white lysozyme did not leave ordered structures behind.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 361720 PMCID: PMC218599 DOI: 10.1128/jb.136.2.723-729.1978
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490