title: Interaction of uranium(VI) with lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: Bacteria have a great influence on the migration behaviour of heavy metals in the environment. Lipopolysaccharides form the main part of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. We investigated the interaction of the uranyl cation (UO2(2+)) with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by using potentiometric titration and time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (TRLFS) over a wide pH and concentration range. Generally, LPS consists of a high density of different functionalities for metal binding such as carboxyl, phosphoryl, amino and hydroxyl groups. The dissociation constants and corresponding site densities of these functional groups were determined using potentiometric titration. The combination of both methods, potentiometry and TRLFS, show that at an excess of LPS uranyl phosphoryl coordination dominates, whereas at a slight deficit on LPS compared to uranyl, carboxyl groups also become important for uranyl coordination. The stability constants of one uranyl carboxyl complex and three different uranyl phosphoryl complexes and the luminescence properties of the phosphoryl complexes are reported.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiochemistry, Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., P.O box 510119, D-01314, Dresden, Germany. a.barkleit@fzd.de
authors.forename: Astrid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barkleit
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bernhard
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008024:Ligands; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011199:Potentiometry; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000737:chemistry; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013997:Time Factors; D014501:Uranium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014501:Uranium