Chemical structure of glycosphingolipids isolated from Sphingomonas paucimobilis

FEBS Lett. 1991 Nov 4;292(1-2):107-10. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(91)80845-t.

Abstract

Two novel glycosphingolipids were isolated from Sphingomonas paucimobilis and their structures were completely elucidated. The glycosyl portion of the glycosphingolipid consists of an alpha-D-Manp-[1----2)-alpha-D-Galp-(1----6)-alpha-D-GlcpN-(1 ----4)-alpha-D- GlcpA-R tetrasaccharide. The hydrophobic residue R was found to be heterogeneous with respect to the dihydrosphingosine residue. Erythro-1,3-dihydroxy-2-amino-octadecane and erythro-1,3-dihydroxy-2-amino-cis-13,14-methyleneoctadecane were identified in comparable amounts. Both dihydrosphingosine derivatives were quantitatively substituted by an (S)-2-hydroxymyristic acid in amide linkage.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Glycosphingolipids / chemistry*
  • Glycosphingolipids / isolation & purification
  • Hydrolysis
  • Lasers
  • Lipids / analysis
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Methylation
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Pseudomonas / metabolism*

Substances

  • Glycosphingolipids
  • Lipids
  • Oligosaccharides