Open AccessOccurrence and identification of UDP‐ N ‐acetylmuramyl‐pentapeptide from the cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica
Author(s) -
Kodani Shinya,
Ishida Keishi,
Murakami Masahiro
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb13678.x
Subject(s) - pentapeptide repeat , peptidoglycan , chemistry , biochemistry , biology , biosynthesis , stereochemistry , cell wall , enzyme , peptide
UDP‐ N ‐acetylmuramyl‐pentapeptide (UDP‐MurNAc‐pentapeptide) is well known to be a key intermediate of bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis. We first detected the occurrence of UDP‐MurNAc‐pentapeptide in the cyanobacterium Anabaena cylindrica (NIES‐19), and identified the structure of this pentapeptide by two‐dimensional 1 H‐ 1 H and 1 H‐ 13 C NMR correlation experiments and mass spectra.