Teichoic Acids from Bacterial Walls: Composition of Teichoic Acids from a Number of Bacterial Walls

Armstrong, J. J.; Baddiley, J.; Buchanan, J. G.; Davison, Andrew S.; Kelemen, Marianne V.; Neuhaus, Francisc .

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“…However, no teichoic acid was purified from this organism, and no quantitative chemical or serological analysis was made. Traces of glycerol were also reported to be present in hydrolysates of walls of E. coli B (Armstrong et al 1959) but no further evidence for a teichoic acid in this strain has been presented, and we found that an extract of this organism did not react with antiserum C16/B (Table 3). Recently, however, Argaman, Liu & Robbins (1974) have shown that the capsular polysaccharide of Haernophilus injhenzae type b contains a ribitol-phosphate component which gives rise to crossreactions with Gram-positive organisms containing ribitol teichoic acids in their walls.…”

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Glycerol Teichoic Acid as an Antigenic Determinant in a Gram-negative Bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

Sharpe¹,

Brock²,

Phillips³

1975

Journal of General Microbiology

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Glycerol Teichoic Acid as an Antigenic Determinant in a Gram-negative Bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

Sharpe¹,

Brock²,

Phillips³

1975

Journal of General Microbiology

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“…The teichoic acids are widely distributed in Gram-positive bacteria (Armstrong et al 1958(Armstrong et al , 1959; Baddiley, 1961). Investigation of these polymers in Lactobacillus spp.…”

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Teichoic Acids and Group Antigens in Lactobacilli

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Baddiley

1964

Journal of General Microbiology

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SUMMARYPurified teichoic acids and extracts with group-specific activity have been examined with specific antisera for a number of lactobacilli. The wall teichoic acids from groups D and E lactobacilli have been identified as the group-specific substances, whereas in group A the intracellular teichoic acid showed group-specificity. It is possible that group-specificity is associated with intracellular teichoic acid in group F.

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“…The development of novel antibiotics is urgently needed and will require the identification of new target genes that are required for bacterial growth (4). Cell wall teichoic acid (WTA) and lipoteichoic acid (LTA) are characteristic envelope components of Gram-positive bacteria (5)(6)(7). Several decades of research on WTA and LTA has revealed their chemical structure and modifications in many different Gram-positive microbes (8)(9)(10).…”

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Synthesis of glycerol phosphate lipoteichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus

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2007

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Lipoteichoic acid (LTA), a glycerol phosphate surface polymer, is a component of the envelope of Gram-positive bacteria. However, the molecular basis for its synthesis or function is not known. Here we report that Staphylococcus aureus LtaS synthesizes glycerol phosphate LTA. Construction of a mutant S. aureus strain with inducible ltaS expression revealed that LTA synthesis is required for bacterial growth and cell division. An ltaS homologue of Bacillus subtilis restored LTA synthesis and the growth of ltaS mutant staphylococci. Thus, LtaS inhibition can be used as a target to treat human infections caused by antibiotic-resistant S. aureus or other bacterial pathogens.cell division ͉ ltaS ͉ polyglycerol phosphate

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Teichoic Acids from Bacterial Walls: Composition of Teichoic Acids from a Number of Bacterial Walls

Cited by 101 publications

References 11 publications

Glycerol Teichoic Acid as an Antigenic Determinant in a Gram-negative Bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

Glycerol Teichoic Acid as an Antigenic Determinant in a Gram-negative Bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

Teichoic Acids and Group Antigens in Lactobacilli

Synthesis of glycerol phosphate lipoteichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus

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