An unusual mutation results in the replacement of diaminopimelate with lanthionine in the peptidoglycan of a mutant strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis.

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Mycobacterial peptidoglycan contains L-alanyl-D-iso-glutaminyl-meso-diaminopimelyl-D-alanyl-D-alanine peptides, with the exception of the peptidoglycan of Mycobacterium leprae, in which glycine replaces the L-alanyl residue. The third-position amino acid of the peptides is where peptidoglycan cross-linking occurs, either between the meso-diaminopimelate (DAP) moiety of one peptide and the penultimate D-alanine of...

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