title: Structural analysis of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol glycolipid of Leishmania donovani.
abstract: A glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) glycolipid antigen recognized by sera from patients with visceral leishmaniasis was isolated from Leishmania donovani promastigotes. The carbohydrate moiety was cleaved from the lipid part by digestion with specific phosphatidylinositol phospholipase C. After separation, structural analysis was carried out on the phosphorylated inositol oligosaccharide and the alkylacyl glycerol. The following major structures were found: [formula: see text] The presence of the conserved sequence Man alpha 1-2Man alpha 1-6Man alpha 1-4GlcN-PI of glycosyl phosphatidylinositol protein anchors in this antigen may be consistent with a precursor role of Leishmania glycosyl phosphatidylinositol anchored proteins for this glycolipid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Kuvin Centre for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Hebrew University--Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sevlever
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Påhlsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Londner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000737:chemistry; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols / Q000737:chemistry*; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D017261:Glycosylphosphatidylinositols; D010727:Phosphoric Diester Hydrolases; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase