Structural characterization of the polar lipids of Clostridium novyi NT. Further evidence for a novel anaerobic biosynthetic pathway to plasmalogens

• Published in: Biochimica et biophysica acta Vol. 1811; no. 3; pp. 186 - 193
• Main Authors: Guan, Ziqiang, Johnston, Norah C., Aygun-Sunar, Semra, Daldal, Fevzi, Raetz, Christian R.H., Goldfine, Howard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.03.2011
• Subjects: Aminoacyl–phosphatidylglycerol; Anaerobiosis - physiology; animals; biochemical pathways; biosynthesis; Clostridium - chemistry; Clostridium - metabolism; Clostridium novyi; Mass spectrometry; phosphatidic acids; phosphatidylethanolamines; phosphatidylserines; Phospholipid; Plasmalogen; Plasmalogens - biosynthesis; Plasmalogens - chemistry; PA; PS; PT; PE; MS; LC; PG; Plasmalogen; Phospholipid; Aminoacyl–phosphatidylglycerol; TLC; Mass spectrometry

A study of the polar lipids of Clostridium novyi NT has revealed the presence of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and cardiolipin as major phospholipids with smaller amounts of phosphatidylglycerol (PG), lysyl-PG and alanyl-PG. Other minor phospholipids included phosphatidic acid, CDP-diacylglycerol, p...