PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF TETRAETHER LIPIDS FROM THERMOPLASMA-ACIDOPHILUM .5. EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A METASTABLE STATE IN LIPIDS WITH ACYCLIC HYDROCARBON CHAINS

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作者
BLOCHER, D [1 ]
GUTERMANN, R [1 ]
HENKEL, B [1 ]
RING, K [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CLIN FRANKFURT,DEPT MICROBIOL CHEM,GUSTAV EMBDEN ZENTRUM BIOL CHEM,FRANKFURT,GERMANY
关键词
(T. acidophilum); Calorimetry; Differential thermoanalysis; Phase transition; Tetraether lipid;
D O I
10.1016/0005-2736(90)90208-6
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 main glycophospholipid of Thermoplasma acidophilum, grown at 39° C, is composed of a di-isopranol-2,3-glycerotetraether. It has been characterized in hydrated systems by calorimetry. Unlike its equivalent grown at 59° C, it shows complex phase properties, which include at least three different phases, (1) a liquid-analogue state (C), which is stable above 20° C, (2) a metastable solid-analogue state (A) formed by supercooling of the liquid-analogue state (C) and (3) a stable solid-analogue state (B), which is slowly formed and may include a close chain packing of lipids and a network of hydrogen bonds between the headgroups. A high fraction of acyclic isopranol chains seems to be a prerequisite for the formation of state (B). A phase diagram, displaying the observed states and the transitions between them is proposed. © 1990.
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