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. 1993 May;175(9):2779–2782. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.9.2779-2782.1993

Altered muropeptide composition in Staphylococcus aureus strains with an inactivated femA locus.

B L de Jonge 1, T Sidow 1, Y S Chang 1, H Labischinski 1, B Berger-Bachi 1, D A Gage 1, A Tomasz 1
PMCID: PMC204585  PMID: 8478340

Abstract

Tn551 inactivation of femA, a factor involved in methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus, caused the production of peptidoglycan in which the fraction of monoglycyl- and serine-containing muropeptides was increased at the expense of pentaglycyl muropeptides. femA mutants have a specific block in the biosynthesis of pentaglycine cross bridges after the addition of the first glycine residue.

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