A cell wall recycling shortcut that bypasses peptidoglycan de novo biosynthesis

作者:Gisin Jonathan; Schneider Alexander; Naegele Bettina; Borisova Marina; Mayer Christoph*
来源:Nature Chemical Biology, 2013, 9(8): 491-U86.
DOI:10.1038/nchembio.1289

摘要

We report a salvage pathway in Gram-negative bacteria that bypasses de novo biosynthesis of UDP N-acetylmuramic acid (UDP-MurNAc), the first committed peptidoglycan precursor, and thus provides a rationale for intrinsic fosfomycin resistance. The anomeric sugar kinase AmgK and the MurNAc alpha-1-phosphate uridylyl transferase MurU, defining this new cell wall sugar-recycling route in Pseudomonas putida, were characterized and engineered into Escherichia coli, channeling external MurNAc directly to peptidoglycan biosynthesis.

  • 出版日期2013-8