Bacterial Growth and Lysis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

   PDF

2. Opening Lecture

   1. The Sacculus after Four Decades — Seen from Some Distance

      • Uli Schwarz

      Pages 1-7

3. Structure and Chemistry

   1. Biophysical and Biochemical Studies on the Fine Structure of the Sacculi from Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus

      • Harald Labischinski, Michael Hochberg, Thomas Sidow, Heinrich Maidhof, Uta Henze, Brigitte Berger-Bächi et al.

      Pages 9-21

   2. New Mass Spectrometric Methods for Peptidoglycan Analysis

      • Günter Allmaier, Erich R. Schmid

      Pages 23-30

   3. HPLC and 252Cf Plasma Desorption-Mass Spectrometry of Muropeptides Isolated from E. Coli

      • Ernst Pittenauer, Marta Caparros Rodriguez, Miguel A. dePedro, Günter Allmaier, Erich R. Schmid

      Pages 31-38

   4. Structure Elucidation of Peptidoglycan Monomers by Fast Atom Bombardment- and Electrospray Ionization-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

      • Ernst Pittenauer, Günter Allmaier, Erich R. Schmid

      Pages 39-46

   5. Investigations on Structure and Biosynthesis of Cyanelle Murein from Cyanophora paradoxa

      • Beatrix Pfanzagl, Ernst Pittenauer, Günter Allmaier, Jorge Martinez, Jose Berenguer, Erich R. Schmid et al.

      Pages 47-55

   6. New Methods in Electron Microscopy Help Elucidate the Structure of the Murein Sacculus and the Distribution of Penicillin-Binding Proteins

      • Terry J. Beveridge

      Pages 57-69

   7. Synthesis of α and β Anomers of UDP-N-Acetylmuramic Acid

      • Didier Blanot, Geneviève Auger, Dominique Liger, Jean van Heijenoort

      Pages 71-75

   8. The Muropeptide Composition of the Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus Determined with Reversed-Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography

      • Boudewijn L. M. de Jonge, Alexander Tomasz

      Pages 77-82

   9. Distribution of O-Acetylation in the Peptidoglycan from Proteus mirabilis 19

      • Anthony J. Clarke, Steve Gyorffy, James W. Chase

      Pages 83-89

   10. Murein Structure of Three Different Species of Chemolithotrophic Sulfur Bacteria: Thiobacillus tepidarius, Thiobacillus neapolitanus and Thiobacillus versutus

       • Zdzislaw Markiewicz, Jadwiga Baj, Iwona Grabowska, Zofia Sniezek

       Pages 91-97

   11. Phenotypic, Biochemical, and Structural Analysis of “S-layer” Mutants from Thermus thermophilus HB8

       • Iñigo Lasa, José R. Castón, Luis A. Fernández-Herrero, Myrian de Grado, Garbiñe Olabarría, José L. Carrascosa et al.

       Pages 99-104

   12. Crystalline Bacterial Cell Surface Layers and their Application Potentials

       • Paul Messner, Margit Sára, Dietmar Pum, Uwe B. Sleytr

       Pages 105-117

4. Biosynthesis and Maturation

   1. An Overview of the Assembly, Turnover and Recycling of the Murein Sacculus

      • James T. Park

      Pages 119-126

   2. Variations in the Metabolism of Peptidoglycan Prior to Polymerization

      • Jean van Heijenoort, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx, Yveline van Heijenoort, Didier Blanot, Bernard Flouret, Catherine Michaud et al.

      Pages 127-138

   3. Identification of the murI and murB Genes Coding for Cytoplasmic Peptidoglycan Synthetases in the 90-Min Region of the E. coli Chromosome

      • Patricia Doublet, Jean van Heijenoort, Dominique Mengin-Lecreulx*

      Pages 139-146

   4. Amino Acids as Useful Tools in the Study of Murein Metabolism in Escherichia coli

      • Marta Caparrós, José C. Quintela, José I. Leguina, Miguel A. de Pedro

      Pages 147-160

   5. Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Salmonella Typhimurium

      • Stephen Cooper, David Gally, Yuko Suneoka, Melissa Penwell, Kelly Caldwell, Kelvin Bray

      Pages 161-168

   6. Biosynthesis of Peptidoglycan in Gaffkya Homari: Regulation of Transpeptidation by Acceptor Peptide

      • Francis C. Neuhaus, Rabindra K. Sinha

      Pages 169-176

This volume is based on a FEMS Symposium entitled "Bacterial Growth and Lysis: Metabolism and Structure of the Bacterial Sacculus" held at the Monastery of Lluc (Mallorca, Spain) on 5-10 April, 1992. The goals of the symposium were to assess the present state of knowledge on the structure and physiology of the bacterial murein sacculus, and to develop new hypotheses and strategies to promote further development of the field. Consequently, the contributions compiled in this volume include broadly different approaches, from the introduction of new analytical methods to the presentation of provocative models for cell wall growth and division. Structural, biochemical, and genetic aspects are widely covered with special emphasis on the enzymology and regulation of murein hydrolases (autolysins). Comprehensive reviews on bacterial S­ layers and yeast cell walls are included to stimulate conceptual cross-feeding with these closely related topics. We believe that this book will provide the reader with a useful and up-to-date review of the topic. We would feel deeply rewarded by any positive influence this book may have on the future progress of the field, whereby all the scientific credit for it should be given to the authors of the excellent contributions presented.

• cell growth
• cyclin
• development
• metabolism
• morphology
• physiology
• protein

• Centro de Biología Molecular, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain

  M. A. Pedro

• Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany

  J.-V. Höltje

• Institut für Allgemeine Biochemie, Universität Wien, Wien, Austria

  W. Löffelhardt

Policies and ethics