title: Interactions between lipopolysaccharide and outer membrane proteins of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus studied by an affinity electrophoresis system.
abstract: R-Form lipopolysaccharides of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus could be incorporated into polyacrylamide gels in an immobile form by adding it directly to the acrylamide-N,N'-methylenebisacrylamide polymerization mixture. The separation of A. calcoaceticus 69 V outer membrane proteins in these affinity gels demonstrated a specific interaction with the lipopolysaccharide ligand for one of the proteins. This protein is heat-modifiable and has an Mr of about 18,000. By incorporation of varying concentrations of lipopolysaccharide, a dissociation constant of the protein-lipopolysaccharide complex of 0.5 mM could be determined. In comparison, for another A. calcoaceticus strain, CCM 5593, a higher dissociation constant (1.0 mM)--indicative of lower affinity--was obtained.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Biowissenschaften, Karl-Marx-Universität, Leipzig.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borneleit
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blechschmidt
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kleber
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000378:metabolism*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides