Table 1.
Composition and Degree of N-Deacetylation of the Muropeptides of Bacillus anthracis
| Molecular mass | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peak | Percentage of total UV | Muropeptide structure | Theoretical | Experimental | Degree of acetylation |
| 1 | 19.59 | Tripeptide | 851.35 | 851.37 | Deacetylate |
| 2 | 12.05 | Tetrapeptide | 922.39 | 922.35 | Deacetylate |
| 3 | 3.81 | Pentapeptide | 993.42 | 993.43 | Deacetylate |
| 4 | 2.95 | Tetra-tripeptide | 1732.74 | 1732.73 | Di-deacetylate |
| 5 | 1.33 | Tetra-tripeptide | 1774.74 | 1774.73 | Mono-deacetylate |
| 6 | 20.39 | Tetra-tripeptide | 1732.74 | 1732.75 | Di-deacetylate |
| 7 | 6.73 | Tetra-tetrapeptide | 1845.78 | 1845.73 | Mono-deacetylate |
| Traces | Penta-tetrapeptide | 1916.82 | 1917.01 | Mono-deacetylate | |
| 8 | 3.55 | Tetra-tetrapeptide | 1803.77 | 1803.79 | Di-deacetylate |
| 9 | 11.47 | Tetra-tetrapeptide | 1803.77 | 1803.73 | Di-deacetylate |
| 2.27 | Tetra-Gly-tetrapeptide | 1860.82 | 1860.74 | Di-deacetylate | |
| 10 | 3.60 | Penta-tetrapeptide | 1874.81 | 1874.81 | Di-deacetylate |
| 11 | 6.53 | Tetra-tetra-tripeptide | 2614.12 | 2615.15 | Tri-deacetylate |
| 12 | 2.49 | Tetra-tri-Gly-peptide | 1789.79 | 1790.78 | Di-deacetylate |
| 13 | 3.24 | Tetra-tetra-tetrapeptide | 2685.16 | 2686.17 | Tri-deacetylate |