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A particulate enzyme system from Bacillus stearothermophilus which catalyzes the synthesis of peptidoglycan from uridine nucleotide precursors has been investigated. The preparation catalyzed extensive cross-linking of the enzymatically synthesized peptidoglycan. In addition in the presence of ATP and ammonia or l-glutamine amidation of the peptidoglycan also occurred. The nature of the amidated products obtained on lysozyme digestion of the enzymatically synthesized peptidoglycan was elucidated by a comparison with similar materials obtained after lysozyme digestion of isolated vegetative cell walls of this organism.
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Linnett et al. (1974) studied this question.
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