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. 1999 Jul;181(13):3956–3966. doi: 10.1128/jb.181.13.3956-3966.1999

TABLE 2.

Muropeptide identities and quantification from peptidoglycan of B. subtilis HR, AA106 (ponA), and AA109 (dacA)

Muro-peptidea Identity Mol%
HR (wild type) AA106 (ponA) AA 109 (dacA)
1 Disaccharide tripeptide 3.3 2.9 0.7
2 Disaccharide tripeptide with 1 amidation and 1 phosphate 0.9 1
3 Disaccharide tripeptide with 1 amidation 20.5 28.9 1.3
4 Disaccharide tripeptide 1 amidation missing an acetyl group 3.4 4.3 0.3
5 Disaccharide dipeptide 3.8 4.4 3.7
6 Disaccharide tripeptide dipeptide with 1 amidation 0.3 0.7
7 Disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 amidation 0.5 0.9 0.5
8 Disaccharide tripeptide dipeptide with 2 amidations 1.6 0.3
9 Disaccharide pentapeptide (Ala-4–Gly-5) with 1 amidation 0.5 1.6 1.9
10 Disaccharide tripeptide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 0.5 0.2 0.4
11 Disaccharide pentapeptide (Ala-4–Ala-5) with 1 amidation 0.6 2.1 19.1
12b Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide missing a glucosamine 0.4 1.1
13 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 phosphate and 1 amidation 0.5 0.3
14 Disaccharide tetrapeptide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 0.3 0.1
15 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 amidation 6.3 11.7 0.4
16 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 phosphate and 2 amidations 1.1 0.9
17a Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 phosphate and 2 amidations 0.6 0.3
17b Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations and missing a glucosamine 0.6 0.2
18 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 amidation and missing an acetyl group 1.2 1.9
19 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 amidation and missing an acetyl group 0.8 1.5
20 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 amidation 1.7 1.3
21 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 27.7 20 2.2
22 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations and missing an acetyl group 5.2 2.7 0.5
23 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations and missing an acetyl group 5.0 2.9 0.8
24b Disaccharide pentapeptide (Gly-5) disaccharide tetrapeptide 1.3 0.6
25 Disaccharide pentapeptide (Gly-5) disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 0.8 0.4 4.1
26 Disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 0.4 0.4 0.5
27 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 1.0 2.4 30.8
28 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 0.5 0.4
29b Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide missing a glucosamine 0.5 0.1
30 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 1.3 1.0
31 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 3 amidations 4.2 1.1 0.3
32 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 3 amidations and missing an acetyl group 1.2 0.2
33 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 3 amidations and missing an acetyl group 0.5
34 Disaccharide pentapeptide (Gly-5) disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 or 3 amidations 0.1
35 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 or 3 amidations 0.1
36 Anhydrodisaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 2 amidations 0.3 0.2
37 Disaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 4 amidations 0.2
38 Anhydrodisaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 3 amidations 0.1
A1 Anhydrodisaccharide tripeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 amidation 0.6
B1 Disaccharide pentapeptide 1.7
B2 Disaccharide pentapeptide missing an acetyl group 5.0
B3 Disaccharide pentapeptide dipeptide 1.1
B4 Disaccharide pentapeptide (Gly-5) disaccharide tetrapeptide 0.3
B5 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide with 1 phosphate 0.3
B6 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide 1.9
B7 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide 0.9
B8 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide missing an acetyl group 7.0
B9 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide missing an acetyl group 6.8
B10 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide missing 2 acetyl groups 2.1
B11 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide 0.3
B12 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide 0.4
B13 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide 1.8
B14 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide missing an acetyl group 1.1
B15 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide missing an acetyl group 0.6
B16 Disaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide 0.2
B17 Anhydrodisaccharide pentapeptide disaccharide tetrapeptide 0.7
a

Numbered as indicated in Fig. 1

b

Muropeptide from B. subtilis HR (wild type) not analyzed for amide levels due to lack of material.