Johannsen L, Labischinski H, Krueger J M
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
Infect Immun. 1991 Jul;59(7):2502-4. doi: 10.1128/iai.59.7.2502-2504.1991.
Pseudomurein is a major cell wall component of some archaebacteria that chemically differs from but morphologically, functionally, and structurally resembles eubacterial peptidoglycan. Eubacterial cell wall components, e.g., peptidoglycan, induce changes in sleep and body temperature. We now report that intravenous injections of rabbits with a suspension of pseudomurein from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum also induce similar central nervous system effects.
假肽聚糖是一些古细菌的主要细胞壁成分，其化学组成与真细菌的肽聚糖不同，但在形态、功能和结构上与之相似。真细菌的细胞壁成分，如肽聚糖，可引起睡眠和体温的变化。我们现在报告，给兔子静脉注射来自嗜热自养甲烷杆菌的假肽聚糖悬浮液也会引起类似的中枢神经系统效应。
