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In vitro synthesis of cross-linked murein and its attachment to sacculi by PBP1A from Escherichia coli

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Petra Born, Professor Waldemar Vollmer

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Abstract

The penicillin-binding protein (PBP) 1A is a major murein (peptidoglycan) synthase in Escherichia coli. The murein synthesis activity of PBP1A was studied in vitro with radioactive lipid II substrate. PBP1A produced murein glycan strands by transglycosylation and formed peptide cross-links by transpeptidation. Time course experiments revealed that PBP1A, unlike PBP1B, required the presence of polymerized glycan strands carrying monomeric peptides for cross-linking activity. PBP1A was capable of attaching nascent murein synthesized from radioactive lipid II to nonlabeled murein sacculi. The attachment of the new material occurred by transpeptidation reactions in which monomeric triand tetrapeptides in the sacculi were the acceptors.

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Author(s): Born P, Breukink E, Vollmer W

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: The Journal of Biological Chemistry

Year: 2006

Volume: 281

Issue: 37

Pages: 26985-26993

ISSN (print): 0021-9258

ISSN (electronic): 1083-351X

Publisher: American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M604083200

DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M604083200

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