Structural determination of glycolipids extracted from novel thermophilic, radiation resistant, indigenous strain, NTU-1233.
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Lin, Chia-Ming
Abstract
According to previous studies, glycolipids are the major components present in the cell surface of thermophilic bacteria. The high proportion of glycolipids in the cell membranes could possibly to contribute to the ability of the bacteria to grow at high temperature, however, the molecular basis of this phenomenon is still unclear. The structure of glycolipid of thermophilic bacteria has long been a topic and has been proved to exhibit great structural diversity due to its high temperature growth condition. This study focuses on the structural analyses of glycolipids isolated from this new indigenous of Taiwan, NTU-1233. Lipid crude extracts from two type strains, Truepera radiovitrix and Deinococcus murrayi; and five indigenous strains, NTU-484, NTU-1233, NTU-1085, NTU-1089, NTU-407 were subjected to TNF-α induction assay and found that lipid crude extracts of NTU-1233 exhibits stronger immunostimulation activity. The structures of three major glycolipids purified from lipid crude extracts of NTU-1233 were determined using TLC, NMR spectroscopy (TOCSY, COSY, HSQC, HMBC), GC-MS, MALDI-MS and ESI-MS, and chemical analyses. According to the spectroscopic and chemical analyses, the structures of three glycolipids are elucidated to be two sulfolipids sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol [SQDG] and its acylated derivative, 2’-O-acyl-sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol [ASQD], and a novel sphingolipid, glucosaminyl(1-3)-β-galactosyl-(1-1’)-dihydroceramide [GlcNAcα3Galβ- Cer]. The acyl chain of fatty acid moiety of these three glycolipids are saturated according NMR analysis. It is the first time for ASQD to be found in nonphotosynthetic organism, and for GlcNAcα3GalβCer, it is a novel compound that has never been reported before.
Subjects
ASQD
SQDG
glycolipid
sulfolipid
NTU-1233
NMR
TOCSY
COSY
HSQC
HMBC
ESI/MS
MALDI/MS
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