Abstract
The chemical structure of a phosphoglucolipid from the membrane of the bacterium Acholeplasma laidlawii strain B-PG9 has been determined by high resolution NMR to be 1,2-diacyl-3-O-[glycerophosphoryl-6-O-(α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl)]-sn-glycerol (GPDGlcDAG). It was concluded that this lipid has exactly the same structure as one of the phosphoglucolipids from A. laidlawii strain A-EF22. By cryo transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) and NMR diffusion techniques it was shown that, in highly diluted aqueous solutions, this membrane lipid forms long thread-like micelles in equilibrium with lipid vesicles. The cause of the occurrence of these different aggregates is discussed in terms of the varying molecular shapes of the lipid because of a heterogeneous composition of the acyl chains. A second membrane phosphoglucolipid from the bacterium, namely 1,2-diacyl-3-O[glycerophosphoryl-6-O-(α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 → 2)-monoacylglycerophosphoryl-6-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl)]-sn-glycerol (MABGPDGlcDAG), was found to form only a lamellar liquid crystalline phase coexisting with water.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 75-89 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Chemistry and Physics of Lipids |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 17 Jan 1997 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Acholeplasma laidlawii
- Cryo-TEM
- Glycerophosphoryldiglucosyldiacylglycerol
- Lipid structure
- Micelle
- NMR