title: Identification of a lipoarabinomannan-like lipoglycan in Gordonia rubropertincta.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Flaherty
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Sutcliffe
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D005227:Fatty Acids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C050016:lipoarabinomannan