Site specificity of metallic ion binding in Escherichia coli K-12 lipopolysaccharide
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Vol. 32 (1), 52-55
- https://doi.org/10.1139/m86-010
Abstract
The site specificity of metallic ion binding in Escherichia coli K-12 lipopolysaccharide was assessed by collecting high-resolution phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance spectra in the presence of manganese, a paramagnetic divalent cation. This technique revealed high-affinity interactions between the cation and all of the lipopolysaccharide phosphoryl groups. To ascertain whether the carboxyl groups of 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate contributed to the metal cation binding, lipopolysaccharide was chemically modified using a glycine ethyl ester – carbodiimide reaction. Of the three available carboxyl groups, only one was neutralized by the exogenously added ligand; the others appeared to be cross-linked within the molecule. By analogy, only one carboxyl group should be freely available for binding metallic ions, while the others are probably neutralized by the close proximity of endogenous amino substituents. Although high-resolution phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance showed that an intermolecular conformational change had occurred after the carboxyl groups were neutralized, titration with manganese revealed no differences in the apparent strength of the interactions between the cation and the phosphoryl groups. Together, these data suggest that the high affinity of lipopolysaccharide for divalent metallic ions can be attributed primarily to the phosphoryl substituents and not free carboxyl groups.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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