The structure of an acylated inositol mannoside in the lipids of propionic acid bacteria.
1. Lipids were extracted from five strains of Propionibacterium with chloroform-methanol mixtures and fractionated by chromatography on silicic acid. 2. All five extracts contained a glycolipid composed of fatty acids, inositol and mannose in the molar proportions 2:1:1. 3. Hydrolysis of the glycolipid with alkali gave a mixture of fatty acids and O-alpha-d-mannopyranosyl-(1-->2)-myoinositol. 4. Analysis of the fatty acids by g.l.c. showed that they were predominantly straight- and branched-chain isomers of pentadecanoic acid and heptadecanoic acid. 5. The location and distribution of the fatty acid residues in the molecule was established by periodate oxidation studies and mass spectrometry. The structure of the major glycolipid is 1-O-pentadecanoyl-2-O-(6-O-heptadecanoyl-alpha-d-mannopyranosyl)myoinositol. 6. The glycolipids are located in the membrane; the cell walls are devoid of lipid. 7. Possible functions of the glycolipid are discussed.
D002473:Cell Wall / Q000032:analysis; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002854:Chromatography, Paper; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006027:Glycosides; D007294:Inositol / Q000032:analysis*; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D008358:Mannose / Q000032:analysis*; D008566:Membranes / Q000032:analysis; D008954:Models, Biological; D008956:Models, Chemical; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000032:analysis*
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