Complementation of the R. etli wreQ mutant strain, CE166.
A, silver-stained SDS-PAGE (18% gel) of LPS samples from whole-cell lysates. Lane 1, CE3; lane 2, CE166; lane 3, CE166/pLS31; lane 4, CE166/pJB7; lane 5, CE166/pJB8. LPS I, O-antigen-containing LPS; LPS II, core oligosaccharide-Lipid A lacking O-antigen. B and C, relative content of QuiNAc among the sugars of crude LPS as revealed by GC analysis after conversion of sugars to alditol acetates. CE3, wild-type R. etli strain; CE166, R. etli strain with a Tn5 insertion in wreQ; CE166/pLS31, CE166 strain carrying pLS31 vector, which expresses His6-WreQ; CE166/pJB7 and CE166/pJB8, CE166 strain carrying pJB7 or pJB8 plasmids, each carrying the wbpV gene. QuiN, quinovosamine.