Home
Resources
Publications
Identification of Ceramide Phosphorylethanolamine and Ceramide Phosphorylglycerol in the Lipids of an Anaerobic Bacterium

Identification of Ceramide Phosphorylethanolamine and Ceramide Phosphorylglycerol in the Lipids of an Anaerobic Bacterium

J P LaBach, D C White

J Lipid Res. 1969 Sep;10(5):528-34.

PMID: 4309192

Abstract:

Nearly half the phospholipids isolated from the anerobic bacterium Bacteroides melaninogenicus are phosphosphingolipids. The two major phosphosphingolipids have been characterized as ceramide phosphorylethanolamine and ceramide phosphorylglycerol. The long-chain bases of these phosphosphingolipids appear to have branched and normal saturated carbon chains of 17, 18, and 19 atoms; the phosphate is at the 1-position of the long-chain base. The composition of the amide-linked fatty acids of the phosphosphingolipids differs from that of the ester-linked fatty acids of the diacylphosphoglycerides in having a higher percentage of 14:0, 17:0, and 18:0 acids as well as containing nearly all the monoenoic fatty acids found in the bacterial lipids. The finding of phosphosphingolipids in bacteria is exceedingly rare and to our knowledge ceramide phosphorylglycerol has not been previously found in nature.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
IAR4242652	Ceramide phosphorylethanolamine			Price

As a specialist in analytical chemical Products, Alfa Chemistry offers consumers a wealth of raw materials and a full range of technologies and services.

QUICK LINKS

HEADQUARTERS

Tel:

Fax:

Email: