title: Composition of the fractions separated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the lipopolysaccharide of a marine bacterium.
abstract: The sugar composition of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) isolated from whole cells of Alteromonas haloplanktis 214 (previously referred to as marine pseudomonas B-16, ATCC 19855), variant 3, of the lipid A, core, and side-chain fractions derived from it, and of the LPS fractions (LPS I, II, and III) obtained by subjecting it to preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis has been determined. Conditions optimum for the release of constituent monosaccharides by hydrolysis were established. Sugars were quantitated by gas-liquid chromatography of their alditol acetate derivatives. Lipid A was detected by gel electrophoresis and by the spectral shift obtained with a carbocyanin dye. A comparison of the molar ratios of the various fractions suggest that LPS III is an LPS molecule lacking an O-antigenic side chain, whereas LPS I and II are LPS molecules differing in side-chain composition. LPS I may be a mixture of two LPS species. In double immunodiffusion experiments using anti-whole-cell serum, LPS I and II showed a homologous cross-reaction with isolated whole-cell LPS. LPS III as well as lipid A, core, and side-chain fractions failed to give rise to precipitin lines.
mesh_terms: D002473:Cell Wall / Q000032:analysis; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008050:Lipid A / Q000032:analysis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000032:analysis*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D008050:Lipid A; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial