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N-Acetylmuramic acid inhibits spore germination and germination enzymes

✍ Scribed by Dr. W. C. Brown; D. Morrison; W. Sanford; S. Granada

Book ID
102393901
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
370 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
0233-111X

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✦ Synopsis

T h s report describes the inhibition of spore germination by N-acetylmuramic acid. At concentrations of 20 mM and higher, the rate of germination of the treated spores was ten-fold lower than that of the control spores. The inhibitor also depressed the activity of two germination-related enzymes; a coat-associated hexosaminidase and a core enzyme. These findings suggests that N-acetylmuramic acid affects spore germination by inhibition of the corticolytic enzymes. The results are discussed with respect to the possible role of these enzymes in germination.

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