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2364950

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
The phase structure of isolated bacterial lipid A, the lipid anchor of the lipopolysaccharides of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, has been investigated by neutron small-angle scattering. The shape of the scattering curves obtained at different H2O/2H2O ratios revealed a lamellar organisation of the lipid A at neutral pH both above and below its main phase temperature (approximately 40-45 degrees C). Analysis of the scattering curves and interpretation of the corresponding thickness distance distribution functions of the lamellar aggregates led to a model in which the lipid A molecules form a bilayer of about 5 nm in thickness. This value for the thickness of the bilayer, as well as the neutron-scattering density profile across the bilayer, can be explained by a molecular model which shows interdigitation of the fatty acid chains of the lipid A.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
190
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Architecture of bacterial lipid A in solution. A neutron small-angle scattering study.
pubmed:affiliation
Robert Koch-Institut des Bundesgesundheitsamtes, Berlin.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study