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Chemical Analysis of Peptidoglycans from Species of Chromatiaceae and Ectothiorhodospiraceae Chemical Analysis of Peptidoglycans from Species of Chromatiaceae and Ectothiorhodospiraceae Joachim Meißner, Uwe J. Jürgens, and Jürgen Weckesser Institut für Biologie II, Mikrobiologie, der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Schänzlestraße 1, D-7800 Freiburg i.Br., Bundesrepublik Deutschland Z. Naturforsch. 43c, 823-826 (1988); received June 30, 1988 Chromatium tepidum, Thiocysüs violacea, Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata, Chromatiaceae, Ectothiorhodospiraceae, Peptidoglycan Rigid layer (sodium dodecylsulfate(SDS)-insoluble cell wall) and peptidoglycan fractions were obtained from the Chromatiaceae (Thiocysüs violacea and Chromatium tepidum) and from Ecto- thiorhodospira vacuolata. Chemical composition of rigid layers from all three species indicated the presence of peptidoglycan-bound protein. Qualitative and quantitative composition of isolated peptidoglycan indicate an Aly-type. meso-Diaminopimelic acid was the only diamino acid found. Direct cross-linkage of peptide side- chains was confirmed by separation of respective dipeptides (M-A;pm-D-Ala) from partial acid hydrolysates of peptidoglycan. GlcN and MurN of the sugar strands are completely N-acetylated. All peptidoglycan fractions contained small amounts of Gly. Introduction The present paper, together with the few data Phototrophic bacteria are phylogenetic diverse [1], available on peptidoglycan of purple non-sulfur bac- Most, but not all of them are gram-negative. teria [8, 9, 10], reveals Aly-type structure [11, 12] to Lipopolysaccharide has been found in purple non- be likely common to most if not all purple bacteria. sulfur bacteria, in Chromatiaceae and Ectothio- The study includes a mesophilic (Thiocysds violacea) rhodospiraceae as well as in the Chlorobiaceae and a moderately thermophilic (Chromatium tepi- [2—5]. Chloroflexus aurantiacus of the Chloro- dum) species of Chromatiaceae as well as the moder- flexaceae family is lacking this heteropolymer [3]. ately halophilic Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae family. In contrast to the likely Aly-type structure of the peptidoglycan of Chlorobium vibrioforme, that of Chloroflexus aurantiacus has characteristics of pep- Materials and Methods tidoglycan typical for gram-positive bacteria [6]. The Cultivation of strains data confirm the deep phylogenetic separation within the green bacteria suggested by the 16S-rRNA Thiocysds violacea 2711 was obtained from N. sequencing studies [1], Pfennig, Universität Konstanz, F.R.G., Chromatium Such a deep separation is not observed within the tepidum MC from M. T. Madigan, University of purple bacteria, although 16S-rRNA sequencing Southern Illinois, U.S.A., and Ectothiorhodospira studies suggests considerable heterogeneity [1], vacuolata BN 9512 from U. Fischer, Oldenburg, Whereas most of the purple non-sulfur bacteria F.R.G. All strains were grown photoheterotrophi- belong to the alpha-subdivision, the purple sulfur cally. Thiocysüs violacea, using the same medium as bacteria belong to the gamma-subdivision of the pro- described in [13], was cultivated in 5 1 vessels at room posed phylogenetical tree. Data of lipopolysaccha- temperature under stirring. Cells were fed with ride composition, especially of the conservative lipid sterile sulfide or acetate solution (final concentration A region, have essentially confirmed 16S-rRNA 0.03 and 0.01%, respectively) after adjusting the pH studies [3, 7]. to 7.0. Cells were harvested before they were free of sulfur particles. Chromatium tepidum MC was grown in medium given in [14] in a 12 1 Microferm fermen- ter (New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.) at 50 °C Reprint requests to J. Weckesser. and a light intensity of 2000 lx. For growth of Ecto- thiorhodospira vacuolata, the medium described in Verlag der Zeitschrift für Naturforschung, D-7400 Tübingen 0341 - 0382/88/1100- 0806 $01.30/0 [15] was used. Cells were grown at 37 °C and col- Dieses Werk wurde im Jahr 2013 vom Verlag Zeitschrift für Naturforschung This work has been digitalized and published in 2013 by Verlag Zeitschrift in Zusammenarbeit mit der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der für Naturforschung in cooperation with the Max Planck Society for the Wissenschaften e.V. digitalisiert und unter folgender Lizenz veröffentlicht: Advancement of Science under a Creative Commons Attribution Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0 Lizenz. 4.0 International License. 824 J. Meißner et al. • Peptidoglycans from Species of Chromatiaceae and Ectothiorhodospiraceae lected after 5 days at the end of the exponential Results growth phase. Thiocystis violacea and Chromatium tepidum Preparation of rigid layer and peptidoglycan Rigid layer fractions from Thiocystis violacea 2711 Lyophilized cells of Chromatium tepidum were and Chromatium tepidum MC were obtained in treated with hot phenol water [16]. The phenol-water yields of 1.8% and 1.5%, respectively, of cell dry interphase obtained was combined with the extracted weight. They both contained a major protein moiety cell residues and the mixture then extracted three in addition to the peptidoglycan constituents, fatty times with 4% (w/v) sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) in acids and presumably contaminating polysaccha- water at 100 °C [17]. With Thiocystis violacea and rides, mainly glucan (Table I). The rigid layer frac- Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata, cell homogenates tion Chromatium tepidum MC contained significant were prepared as described previously [6]. Crude cell amounts of phosphate. Pronase treatment, per- envelope fractions were obtained by ultracentrifugá- formed with the rigid layers of both strains, removed don (176,000 x g, 4 °C, 1 h) and then extracted with in each case the protein moiety. The yields of the SDS (experimental conditions as above). The rigid peptidoglycan fractions obtained were 0.9% (Thio- layer fraction was obtained as the final sediment of cystis violacea) and 0.8% (Chromatium tepidum) of the following repeated centrifugations at 237,000 x g cell dry weight. They contained the peptidoglycan (20 °C, 1 h) until the sediment was free of SDS [18]. constituents expected for the Aly-type of peptido- glycan classification, including D-G1U, D- and L-Ala, Treatment of the rigid layers with pronase E (from and ra-A pm as the only diamino acid as well as the Streptomyces griseus, 6 units per mg of solid, 2 amino sugars of the glycan strands. With none of the Boehringer, Mannheim) was performed by incuba- peptidoglycans, a GlcN-MurN disaccharide peak, in- tion of 250 mg rigid layer (wet weight, in 20 ml Tris- HCl buffer, pH 7.4) with 2 ml enzyme solution (5 mg enzyme/ml of the same buffer) at 37 °C over night under stirring. The enzyme was removed by Table I. Chemical composition of the rigid layer (RL, SDS- insoluble cell wall fraction) and peptidoglycan (PG) frac- 4% (w/v) SDS (100 °C, 15 min) and the peptidogly- tions from Thiocystis violacea 2711, Chromatium tepidum can obtained as described above for the rigid layer. MC, and Ectothiorhodospira vacuolata BN 9512. Data are given in nmol per mg of fraction dry weight. Chemical analyses Compound T. violacea C. tepidum E. vacuolata Amino acids and amino sugars were liberated by RL PG RL PG RL PG hydrolysis in 4 M HCl, 110 °C for 18 h and were Glu 528 746a 483 498a 580 402b quantitatively determined on the automatic amino Ala 772 1050c 606 761d 739 551e acid analyzer [19]. D,L-Enantiomers of amino acids m-A2pm 432 754 200 504 382 388 were separated and quantitatively determined as iso- MurNAc 299 555 148 375 267 257 propylester/N-tri-fluoro-acetyl derivatives (esterifica- GlcNAc 347 628 179 436 329 327 Gly 145 32 232 62 73 53 tion with isopropanol/HCl), using a 25 m Chirasil- Other Val fused-silica-capillary column, coated with amino acids 772 traces 1487 traces 1092 traces f XE-60-L-valine-(S)-A-phenylethylamide [6]. Com- Glc 103 329 1028 1291 741 836 12:0 _g - - - 7 7 bined low voltage thin-layer electrophoresis and 14:0 trace 5 3 3 trace 4 thin-layer chromatography (1st dimension: pyri- 16:0 16 18 17 12 16 14 dine-ethyl acetate—water, 1:2:250, by vol., pH 4.4, 18:0 7 17 4 6 7 11 2.5 h, 400 V, 7-10 mA; 2nd dimension: pyridine- 18:1 1 - 7 - - - Phosphate - - 360 503 92 140 ethyl acetate-acetic acid—water, 35:35:7:21, by vol.) of partial acid hydrolysates (4 M HCl, 105 °C, a About 94% as D-G1U, 6% as L-G1U. b 30 min) was carried out as described in [20], Detec- 85% as D-G1U, 15% as L-G1U. c 43% as D-Ala, 57% as L-Ala. tion was by fluorescamine (0.05%, w/v, in acetone) d 37% as D-Ala, 63% as L-Ala. under ultra-violet irradiation. Neutral sugars and fat- e 36% as D-Ala, 64% as L-Ala. ty acids were determined as alditol acetate and f Additional sugars (T. violacea, C. tepidum: Rib, Xyl, methylester derivatives, respectively [20], organic Man, Rha, Gal; E. vacuolata: Rib, Xyl, Man, Gal) were present in trace amounts. phosphorus according to [21], g Absent. 825 J. Meißner et al. • Peptidoglycans from Species of Chromatiaceae and Ectothiorhodospiraceae dicating incomplete N-acetyl substitution of GlcN [9] by the pronase-treatment applied. The risk of having was observed on the amino acid analyzer of total contaminating phospholipids is especially high, since hydrolysates (4 M HCl, 105 °C, 18 h). Combined low in this study the rigid layers were obtained from hot voltage thin-layer electrophoresis and thin-layer phenol-water extracts (Chromatium tepidum) and chromatography (for experimental conditions see not from cell envelope fractions. Materials and Methods section) of partial acid hydro- As expected for gram-negative bacteria, the qual- lysates (4 M HCl, 100 °C, 30 min) of peptidoglycan itative composition and the molar amounts of con- revealed a spot (among others), which migrated like stituents indicate Aly-type peptidoglycan for all spot No. 8a, b in Fig. 3 shown in [20]. It was ob- strains studied, m-A2pm was the only diamino acid tained with the peptidoglycans of the two species in- detectable.
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