TABLE 4.
Peptidoglycan composition of pbp mutants in PA14
| Genotype | Relative abundancea (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cross-links | Monomers | Dimers | Trimers | |
| Wild type | 26.03 ± 0.88 | 49.66 ± 2.27 | 45.16 ± 1.13 | 5.18 ± 0.19 |
| ΔponATP | 24.14 ± 1.32 | 53.27 ± 3.46 | 41.97 ± 1.65 | 4.75 ± 0.96 |
| ΔmrcBTP | 25.46 ± 0.18 | 51 ± 1.65 | 43.2 ± 2.60 | 5.79 ± 1.68 |
| ΔpbpA | 27.88 ± 0.60 | 46 ± 1.51 | 46.2 ± 2.90 | 7.17 ± 1.43 |
| ΔponATP pbpA::Gm | 24.415 ± 0.58 | 52.71 ± 2.78 | 42.63 ± 0.71 | 4.65 ± 0.45 |
| ΔmrcBTP pbpA::Gm | 27.21 ± 0.81 | 47.5 ± 0.92 | 46.7 ± 1.37 | 5.79 ± 0.31 |
a
Data are means ± standard errors from three independent experiments.