Incorporation of choline into Streptococcus pneumoniae cell wall antigens: evidence for choline kinase activity.

Abstract:

:The choline-containing teichoic and lipoteichoic acids play an important part in cell wall metabolism of Streptococcus pneumoniae. We propose that a choline kinase enzyme has a role in the synthesis of these antigens. The presence of this enzyme was demonstrated in cell free extracts of S. pneumoniae by measuring the fall in ATP concentration due to phosphorylation of choline. Genomic DNA of S. pneumoniae hybridised with a probe consisting of an internal fragment of the choline kinase gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and one consisting of the choline binding domain of lytA.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Whiting GC,Gillespie SH

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08147.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1996-05-01 00:00:00

pages

141-5

issue

2-3

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

pii

0378-1097(96)00086-9

journal_volume

138

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