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The glycerol teichoic acid from walls of Staphylococcus epidermidis I2.


ABSTRACT: 1. Walls of Staphylococcus epidermidis I2 contain 30% (w/w) of a glycerol teichoic acid containing phosphate, d-alanine and d-glucose in the molecular proportions 1:0.25:0.50. 2. The teichoic acid was isolated by extraction with trichloroacetic acid and with dilute aqueous NN-dimethylhydrazine at pH7, and was shown to be a (1-->3)-linked poly(glycerol phosphate) containing beta-d-glucopyranosyl and d-alanyl ester substituents. 3. 2-O-beta-d-Glucopyranosylglycerol was isolated and characterized as its crystalline hexa-O-acetate. 4. Unlike that of certain other bacteria, the peptidoglycan component of the wall is not solubilized by NN-dimethylhydrazine. 5. The membrane teichoic acid is also a (1-->3)-linked poly(glycerol phosphate) but contains a smaller proportion of glucosyl substituents.

SUBMITTER: Archibald AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1187389 | biostudies-other | 1968 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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