Abstract:
:An enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetamido groups of N-acetylglucosamine residues in cell wall peptidoglycan was found in the supernatant and 20,000 X g pellet fractions of Bacillus cereus. Autolysis of the latter fraction resulted in solubilization and activation of the deacetylase. Among various bacteria, strains of B. cereus which contain high proportions of N-unsubstituted glucosamine residues in their cell wall peptidoglycan components are particularly rich in the deacetylase. The peptidoglycan deacetylase is distinguishable from N-acetylglucosamine-6-phosphate deacetylase [EC 3.5.1.25] on the basis of their cellular distribution and chromatographic behavior. The rate of reaction of the deacetylase with (N-acetylglucosaminyl-N-acetylmuramic acid)3 [abbreviated as (GlcNAc-MurNAc)3] is less than 1/100 of that with peptidoglycan, while the enzyme is inactive towards (GlcNAc-MurNAc)2, GlcNAc-MurNAc, and monomeric N-acetylglucosamine derivatives. The enzyme also deacetylates partially O-hydroxyethylated chitin. The concentrations of peptidoglycan and partially O-hydroxyethylated chitin required for half-maximum activities were found to be 0.29 and 6.9 mg per ml (or 0.17 and 20 mM with respect to N-acetylglucosamine residues), respectively. The occurrence of this enzyme accounts for the formation of cell wall peptidoglycan N-unsubstituted at the glucosamine residues.
journal_name
J Biochemjournal_title
Journal of biochemistryauthors
Araki Y,Oba S,Araki S,Ito Edoi
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a132994subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1980-08-01 00:00:00pages
469-79issue
2eissn
0021-924Xissn
1756-2651journal_volume
88pub_type
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