DEMONSTRATION BY MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION OF A BUTANOL-SOLUBLE INTERMEDIATE IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF THE O9 ANTIGEN OF ESCHERICHIA-COLI

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作者
KANEGASAKI, S
JANN, K
机构
[1] Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Medical Science, Universität of Tokyo, Tokyo, 108, Takanawa, Minato‐ku, Tokyo‐shi
[2] Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, D-7800
来源
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY | 1979年 / 95卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb12964.x
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The activity in vitro of the mannan‐synthesizing system of Escherichia coli O9 depends on the presence of glucose in the growth medium of the bacteria. Inactive membranes of E. coli strain F988 grown without glucose gain mannan‐synthesizing activity by reconstitution with a butanol extract obtained from the same bacteria grown with glucose. Inactive membranes could also be restored to biosynthetic activity by incubation with UDP‐glucose in the presence of magnesium chloride. In this magnesium‐ion‐dependent reaction, a glucolipid was formed which was extractable with butanol. It could be used for the reconstitution of inactive membranes. The products of incubations with GDP‐mannose of reconstituted and active membranes were analyzed for electrophoretic mobility in sodium dodecylsulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, molecular weight and composition. In all cases they proved to be the mannan attached to a hydrophobic mannose carrier, presumably a glucolipid. These results suggest that a glucolipid is the intermediary mannose acceptor in the biosynthesis of the O9 antigen. Copyright © 1979, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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