Identification of a lipoarabinomannan-like lipoglycan in Gordonia rubropertincta.
Lipoarabinomannans are well characterised lipoglycans present in the cell envelopes of mycobacteria and closely related bacteria. To define further the distribution of these lipoglycans we have investigated the mycolic acid-containing bacterium Gordonia rubropertincta and, by analysis of carbohydrate composition and antigenic cross-reactivity, demonstrated the presence of a lipoarabinomannan-like lipoglycan. A fraction that appeared to contain higher phosphatidylinositolmannosides was also isolated.
Flaherty
C
C
Department of Microbiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Sutcliffe
I C
IC
D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000737:chemistry*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D002241:Carbohydrates; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C050016:lipoarabinomannan