Lipid Composition of the Electron Transport Membrane of Haemophilus parainfluenzae
AUTOR(ES)
White, David C.
RESUMO
The principal lipids associated with the electron transport membrane of Haemophilus parainfluenzae are phosphatidylethanolamine (78%), phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine (0.4%), phosphatidylglycerol (18%), phosphatidylcholine (0.4%), phosphatidylserine (0.4%), phosphatidic acid (0.2%), and cardiolipin (3.0%). Phospholipids account for 98.4% of the extractible fatty acids. There are no glycolipids, plasmalogens, alkyl ethers, or lipo amino acid esters in the membrane lipids. Glycerol phosphate esters derived from the phospholipids by mild alkaline methanolysis were identified by their staining reactions, mobility on paper and ion-exchange column chromatography, and by the molar glycerol to phosphate ratios. Eleven diacyl phospholipids can be separated by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. Each lipid served as a substrate for phospholipase D, and had a fatty acid to phosphate ratio of 2:1. Each separated diacyl phospholipid was deacylated and the glycerol phosphate ester was identified by paper chromatography in four solvent systems. Of the 11 separated phospholipids, 3 were phosphatidylethanolamines, 2 were phosphatidylserines, and 2 were phosphatidylglycerols. Phosphatidylcholine, cardiolipin, and phosphatidic acid were found at a single location. Phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine was found with the major phosphatidylethanolamine. Three distinct classes of phospholipids are separable according to their relative fatty acid compositions. (i) The trace lipids consist of two phosphatidylethanolamines, two phosphatidylserines, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidic acid, and a phosphatidylglycerol. Each lipid represents less than 0.3% of the total lipid phosphate. These lipids are characterized by high proportions of the short (C10 to C14) and long (C19 to C22) fatty acids with practically no palmitoleic acid. (ii) The major phospholipids (93% of the lipid phosphate) are phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylmonomethylethanolamine, and phosphatidylglycerol. These lipids contain a low proportion of the short (
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