A novel mannitol teichoic acid with side phosphate groups of Brevibacterium sp. VKM Ac-2118

Eur J Biochem. 2003 Nov;270(22):4420-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03832.x.

Abstract

The cell wall of Brevibacterium sp. VKM Ac-2118 isolated from a frozen (mean annual temperature -12 degrees C) late Pliocene layer, 1.8-3 Myr, Kolyma lowland, Russia, contains mannitol teichoic acid with a previously unknown structure. This is 1,6-poly(mannitol phosphate) with the majority of the mannitol residues bearing side phosphate groups at O-4(3). The structure of the polymer was established by chemical methods, NMR spectroscopy, and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Brevibacterium / metabolism*
  • Hydrolysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Phosphates / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Teichoic Acids / chemistry*
  • Teichoic Acids / isolation & purification
  • Teichoic Acids / metabolism*

Substances

  • Phosphates
  • Teichoic Acids
  • mannitol teichoic acid