Teichoic acid-containing muropeptides from Streptococcus pneumoniae as substrate for the pneumococcal autolysin

• Published in: Journal of bacteriology Vol. 169; no. 2; pp. 447 - 453
• Main Authors: Garcia-Bustos, J F, Tomasz, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.1987
• Subjects: Streptococcus pneumoniae

Pneumococcal cells walls in which the normal phosphorylcholine component of the wall teichoic acids is replaced with phosphorylethanolamine cannot adsorb the homologous autolytic enzyme and are completely resistant to autolytic degradation. The authors have now isolated and characterized soluble tei...