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. 1969 Jul;99(1):175–179. doi: 10.1128/jb.99.1.175-179.1969

Chemical Studies on the Structure of Mucopeptide Isolated from Streptococcus bovis

Judith Kane 1,2, Henry Lackland 1,2, W W Karakawa 1,2, R M Krause 1,2
PMCID: PMC249984  PMID: 5802603

Abstract

Mucopeptides isolated from Streptococcus bovis cell walls were found to be composed of alanine, glutamic acid, lysine, and threonine in a mole ratio of 3:1:1:1. A dipeptide, Nε-lysylthreonine, was isolated from S. bovis mucopeptide by ion-exchange chromatography. This finding suggests that threonine is associated with the bridge which cross-links adjacent tetrapeptides by connecting the ε-amino group of lysine of one tetrapeptide to the carboxyl group of d-alanine of another to form the mucopeptide matrix.

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