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. 1972 Aug;129(1):167–173. doi: 10.1042/bj1290167

The structure of a glycerylphosphoryldiglucosyl diglyceride from the lipids of Acholeplasma laidlawii strain B

N Shaw 1,2,3, P F Smith 1,2,3, H M Verheij 1,2,3
PMCID: PMC1174052  PMID: 4345854

Abstract

1. The phosphatidylglucose structure proposed previously (Smith & Henrikson, 1965) for the glucose-containing phospholipid from Acholeplasma laidlawii is incorrect. 2. The structure now proposed is 3-(sn-glycerol-3-phosphoryl-6′-[O-α-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α-d-glucopyranosyl])- sn-1,2-diglyceride, a new type of bacterial lipid. 3. Deacylation of the lipid gave a single water-soluble phosphate ester which could be distinguished on chromatography from synthetic samples of glucosylphosphorylglycerols. 4. Hydrolysis of the lipid with alkali gave a mixture of fatty acids, glycerol 2-phosphate, sn-glycerol 3-phosphate and O-α-d-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-O-α- d-glucopyranosyl-(1→1)-d-glycerol. 5. The lipid was unaffected on incubation with phospholipases A, C and D. 6. Diglucosyl diglyceride was isolated after treatment of the lipid with 60% HF, establishing the location of the fatty acid residues. 7. Periodate oxidation studies showed that the sn-glycerol 3-phosphate was esterified to the 6-hydroxyl group of one of the glucose residues in diglucosyl diglyceride.

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