Endogenous synthesis of peptidoglycan in eukaryotic cells; a novel concept involving its essential role in cell division, tumor formation and the biological clock
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Title
Endogenous synthesis of peptidoglycan in eukaryotic cells; a novel concept involving its essential role in cell division, tumor formation and the biological clock
Journal
Experientia
ISSN
0014-4754 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
10/1992
Volume
48
Number
10
Pages
921-31
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Journal Article
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Abstract
Degradation products of peptidoglycan, the universal bacterial cell wall constituent, were previously found in animal tissues and urine. Reassessment and quantitative analysis of available data lead to an original concept, i.e. that eukaryotic cells synthesize peptidoglycan. We present a model in which this endogenously synthesized peptidoglycan is essential for the processes of eukaryotic cell division and sleep induction in animals. Genes for peptidoglycan metabolism, like those for lysine biosynthesis in plants, are probably inherited from endosymbiotic bacteria, the ancestors of mitochondria and chloroplasts. Corollaries of this concept, i.e. roles for peptidoglycan metabolism in tumor formation and in the biological clock, are supported by abundant evidence. We propose that many interactions between bacteria and eukaryotes are conditioned by their common genetic heritage.
Keywords
Animals
Bacteria/metabolism
Carbohydrate Sequence
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Peptidoglycan/*biosynthesis/chemistry/metabolism
Periodicity
Phylogeny
Plants/metabolism
Pubmed
Web of science
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