Labischinski H, Goodell E W, Goodell A, Hochberg M L
Robert Koch Institute of the Federal Health Office, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany.
J Bacteriol. 1991 Jan;173(2):751-6. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.2.751-756.1991.
A neutron small-angle scattering study was performed to determine the thickness and the scattering density profile of isolated peptidoglycan sacculi of Escherichia coli W7 in aqueous suspension (D2O). The maximum thickness (7 +/- 0.5 nm) of the sacculus from the exponential-phase cells was large enough to suggest the existence of a more-than-single-layered architecture. The experimental density profile across the thickness of the sacculus did not allow an unambiguous differentiation between a single-layered architecture characterized by completely extended peptide side chains projecting from the sugar strands or, alternatively, a partially triple layered structure. To resolve this ambiguity, sacculi were labeled with deuterated wall peptides. Comparison of the two experimental profiles indicated that the sacculus is more than single layered across its surface, with about 75 to 80% of its surface single layered and 20 to 25% triple layered.
进行了一项中子小角散射研究,以确定大肠杆菌W7在水悬浮液(D2O)中分离的肽聚糖囊泡的厚度和散射密度分布。指数期细胞的囊泡最大厚度(7±0.5纳米)足够大,表明存在不止单层的结构。穿过囊泡厚度的实验密度分布不允许在由从糖链伸出的完全伸展的肽侧链表征的单层结构或部分三层结构之间进行明确区分。为了解决这种模糊性,用氘代壁肽标记囊泡。两种实验分布的比较表明,囊泡在其表面上不止单层,其表面约75%至80%为单层,20%至25%为三层。