l-alanine, a product of cell wall synthesis in<i>Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum</i>

Schönheit, Peter; Thauer, Rudolf K.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1980.tb05610.x

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“…Such re-utilization of D-alanine plays an important role in the cellular economy (Neuhaus & Hammes,198 1). Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum also releases L-alanine during growth and cell wall synthesis (Schonheit & Thauer, 1980), but this methanogen seems not to possess a transport system for L-alanine, which prevents the accumulation of L-alanine in the culture medium (Schonheit & Thauer, 1980). The lack of, or very low, incorporation into the pseudomurein of some of the tested compounds, e.g.…”

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Influence of Amino Acids on Growth and Cell Wall Composition of Methanobacteriales

König

1985

Microbiology

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1Methanogenic bacteria with pseudomurein sacculi incubated with elevated concentrations of amino acids showed growth inhibition, changes in morphology and, under certain conditions, lysis. Methanobacterium therrnoautotrophicum incorporated the amino acids glycine, threonine, ornithine and, in small amounts, aspartic acid into the sacculi, but not D-alanine, mesodiaminopimelic acid or the amino sugar galactosamine.

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