Open AccessAn inositol containing lipomannan from Propionibacterium freudenreichii
Author(s) -
Sutcliffe Iain C.,
Shaw Norman
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb03119.x
Subject(s) - propionibacterium freudenreichii , phosphatidylinositol , propionibacterium , inositol , biochemistry , lipoteichoic acid , teichoic acid , chemistry , bacteria , biology , peptidoglycan , gene , receptor , kinase , fermentation , genetics , staphylococcus aureus
A lipoglycan has been extracted from cells of Propionibacterium freudenreichii by the standard procedures used to isolate lipoteichoic acids from Gram‐positive bacteria. The polymer was purified by chromatography and shown to contain mannose, inositol, glycerol, fatty acids and phosphate. The presence of the components of phosphatidylinositol suggests the lipoglycan may be a mannan anchored to the membrane by a covalently linked phosphatidylinositol although alternative structures cannot be excluded.