| Literature DB >> 8726026 |
B L de Jonge1, Y S Chang, N Xu, D Gage.
Abstract
A highly homogeneously methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain was grown in the presence of various concentrations of exogenous glycine. Increasing concentrations of glycine in the medium resulted in a decrease in methicillin resistance and the appearance of a heterogeneous resistance phenotype. Parallel to the gradual changes in resistance was an alteration in the muropeptide composition of peptidoglycan. Increasing concentrations of glycine in the medium resulted in peptidoglycan in which muropeptides with a D-alanyl-D-alanine terminus were replaced with D-alanyl-glycine-terminating muropeptides. The disappearance of D-alanyl-D-alanine-terminating muropeptides in peptidoglycan and the concomitant decrease in resistance indicate a central role for D-alanyl-D-alanine-terminating precursors in methicillin resistance.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8726026 PMCID: PMC163356 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.40.6.1498
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191