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Phospholipid metabolism during bacterial growth.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  4305713     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Haemophilus parainfluenzae incorporates glycerol and phosphate into the membrane phospholipids without lag during logarithmic growth. In phosphatidyl glycerol (PG), the phosphate and unacylated glycerol moieties turn over and incorporate radioactivity much more rapidly than does the diacylated glycerol. At least half the radioactivity is lost from the phosphate and unacylated glycerol in about 1 doubling. The total fatty acids turn over slightly faster than the diacyl glycerol. In phosphatidyl ethanolamine (PE), which is the major lipid of the bacterium, ethanolamine and phosphate turn over and incorporate radioactivity at least half as fast as the phosphate in PG. The glycerol of PE did not turn over in 4 bacterial doublings. In phosphatidic acid the glycerol turns over at one-third the rate of phosphate turnover. By means of a modified method for the quantitative recovery of 1,3-glycerol diphosphate from cardiolipin, the phosphates and middle glycerol of cardiolipin were shown to turn over more rapidly than the acylated glycerols during bacterial growth. There is no randomization of the radioactivity in the 1- and 3-positions of the glycerol in the course of 1 doubling. The fatty acids of PG turn over faster than those in PE. In both lipids the 2-fatty acids turn over much faster than the 1-fatty acids. At both positions the individual fatty acids have their own rates of turnover. The distribution of fatty acids between the 1- and 2-positions is the same as in other organisms, with more monoenoic and long-chain fatty acids at the 2-position. The different rates of turnover and incorporation of radioactivity into different parts of the lipids suggest that exchange reactions may be important to phospholipid metabolism.
Authors:
D C White; A N Tucker
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of lipid research     Volume:  10     ISSN:  0022-2275     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Lipid Res.     Publication Date:  1969 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1969-06-24     Completed Date:  1969-06-24     Revised Date:  2003-11-04    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0376606     Medline TA:  J Lipid Res     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  220-33     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Alcohols / metabolism
Carbon Isotopes
Cell Division
Cell Membrane
Chromatography, Gas
Chromatography, Ion Exchange
Chromatography, Thin Layer
Fatty Acids / metabolism
Glycerol / metabolism
Glycerophosphates / metabolism
Haemophilus / growth & development,  metabolism*
Periodic Acid
Phosphates / metabolism
Phosphatidylethanolamines / metabolism
Phospholipases
Phospholipids / metabolism*
Phosphorus Isotopes
Serine / metabolism
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Amino Alcohols; 0/Carbon Isotopes; 0/Fatty Acids; 0/Glycerophosphates; 0/Phosphates; 0/Phosphatidylethanolamines; 0/Phospholipids; 0/Phosphorus Isotopes; 10450-60-9/Periodic Acid; 56-45-1/Serine; 56-81-5/Glycerol; EC 3.1.-/Phospholipases

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