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. 1966 Apr;99(1):53–61. doi: 10.1042/bj0990053

Chemical and biological properties of an extracellular lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli grown under lysine-limiting conditions

Alina Taylor 1,*, K W Knox 1,†, Elizabeth Work 1
PMCID: PMC1264956  PMID: 5337757

Abstract

Lipopolysaccharide was prepared from the extracellular lipoglycopeptide produced by the lysine-requiring mutant Escherichia coli A.T.C.C. 12408 grown under lysine-limiting conditions. The lipid moiety, containing glucosamine phosphate and four fatty acids (lauric acid, myristic acid, β-hydroxymyristic acid and palmitic acid) corresponded in composition to lipid A of known bacterial lipopolysaccharides. The components of the polysaccharide moiety were d-glucose, d-galactose, l-glycero-d-manno-heptose, 3-deoxy-2-oxo-octonic acid, ethanolamine and phosphate. These are the constituents of the polysaccharide of the cell-wall antigens from rough strains of E. coli. Lipopolysaccharides were also prepared from whole cells of E. coli 12408 grown with excess or limited amounts of lysine; they were identical in carbohydrate composition with the extracellular lipopolysaccharide. The biological properties of this material also resembled those of known lipopolysaccharides; it was antigenic, pyrogenic, toxic and had adjuvant activity.

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