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Lipid Shape as a Determinant of Lipid Composition in Clostridium Butyricum. The Effects of Incorporation of Various Fatty Acids on the Ratios of the Major Ether Lipids

Lipid Shape as a Determinant of Lipid Composition in Clostridium Butyricum. The Effects of Incorporation of Various Fatty Acids on the Ratios of the Major Ether Lipids

H Goldfine, J J Rosenthal, N C Johnston

Biochim Biophys Acta. 1987 Nov 13;904(2):283-9.

PMID: 3663673

Abstract:

The lipid composition of Clostridium butyricum is strongly influenced by the aliphatic chain compositions of the membrane lipids. Growth on cis-monounsaturated fatty acids in the absence of biotin was shown to affect the relative proportions of phosphatidylethanolamine, plasmenylethanolamine, and the glycerol acetal of plasmenylethanolamine most strongly, with smaller effects on the acidic lipids, phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin. The ratio of the glycerol acetal of plasmenylethanolamine to total phosphatidylethanolamine in cells grown on a series of fatty acids is shown to decrease in the following order; cis-vaccenic acid greater than or equal to oleic acid = C19-cyclopropane fatty acid greater than linoleic acid greater than petroselinic acid greater than elaidic acid greater than 14-methylhexadecanoic acid (anteiso-C17) greater than 12-methyltridecanoic acid (iso-C14). All fatty acids were extensively incorporated into the lipid acyl, alkenyl, and alkyl chains. There was considerable chain-elongation of the iso-C14 to iso-C16. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that the membrane lipid composition is strongly influenced by lipid shape and that the observed changes in lipid composition serve to stabilize the bilayer arrangement of the cell membrane.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP2724574	12-Methyltridecanoic acid		2724-57-4	Price

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