Garcia-Bustos J F, Tomasz A
J Bacteriol. 1987 Feb;169(2):447-53. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.2.447-453.1987.
Pneumococcal cell walls in which the normal phosphorylcholine component of the wall teichoic acids is replaced with phosphorylethanolamine cannot absorb the homologous autolytic enzyme and are completely resistant to autolytic degradation (S. Giudicelli and A. Tomasz, J. Bacteriol. 158:1188-1190, 1984). We have now isolated and characterized soluble teichoic acid-containing muropeptides from such cell walls and tested them as substrates for the pneumococcal autolytic enzyme. Both choline- and ethanolamine-containing muropeptides were hydrolyzed to the same extent by the enzyme. Furthermore, free choline concentrations that totally inhibited the digestion of pneumococcal cell walls in vivo and in vitro were without effect when the soluble substrates were used.
在肺炎球菌细胞壁中,壁磷壁酸的正常磷酰胆碱成分被磷酰乙醇胺取代后,无法吸收同源自溶酶,并且对自溶降解完全具有抗性(S. 朱迪塞利和A. 托马兹,《细菌学杂志》158:1188 - 1190,1984年)。我们现在已经从这类细胞壁中分离并鉴定了含可溶性磷壁酸的胞壁肽,并将它们作为肺炎球菌自溶酶的底物进行测试。含胆碱和含乙醇胺的胞壁肽被该酶水解的程度相同。此外,在体内和体外完全抑制肺炎球菌细胞壁消化的游离胆碱浓度,在使用可溶性底物时则没有效果。