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B L de Jonge1, D Gage, S Handwerger.
Abstract
Muropeptide composition of peptidoglycan isolated from isogenic vancomycin-resistant and sensitive Enterococcus faecium strains was analyzed by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography combined with amino acid and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometric analyses. Peptidoglycan of the sensitive and resistant strains was the same and was composed of tri- and tetrapeptides stem peptide subunits with or without aspartate or asparagine substitutions on the epsilon-amino group of the lysine residue. Thus, the synthesis of lactate-terminating peptidoglycan precursors in vancomycin-resistant E. faecium did not affect the chemical composition of peptidoglycan.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 9158764 DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.225
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microb Drug Resist ISSN: 1076-6294 Impact factor: 3.431