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  • Title: Membrane lipid regulation in Acholeplasma laidlawii grown with saturated fatty acids. Biosynthesis of a triacylglucolipid forming reversed micelles.
    Author: Lindblom G, Hauksson JB, Rilfors L, Bergenståhl B, Wieslander A, Eriksson PO.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1993 Aug 05; 268(22):16198-207. PubMed ID: 8344904.
    Abstract:
    The membrane lipid composition in several strains of Acholeplasma laidlawii is regulated upon a change in the growth conditions. Monoglucosyldiacylglycerol (MGlcDAG) and diglucosyldiacylglycerol (DGlcDAG) are the most abundant lipids in the A. laidlawii membrane. A third glucolipid, 3-O-acyl-monoglucosyldiacylglycerol (MAMGlcDAG) is synthesized by strain A-EF22 when the membrane lipids contain large amounts of saturated acyl chains. The lipid regulation can be understood from a simple theoretical model, in which the cells strive to maintain a balance between the lipids constituting a bilayer and those forming reversed non-lamellar liquid crystalline phases. Thus, the physical chemistry of membrane lipids, in particular their ability to form different aggregate structures, constitutes the basis for the lipid regulation, and therefore an understanding of the phase equilibria of membrane lipids is crucial. MGlcDAG and MAMGlcDAG isolated from A. laidlawii strain A-EF22 membranes were studied mainly by 2H NMR, 1H NMR, and 1H NMR diffusion measurements. MAMGlcDAG, containing 96 mol % saturated acyl chains formed a gel/crystalline phase up to about 80 degrees C, where a transition occurred to a reversed micellar (L2) phase. This is an unexpected finding for a membrane lipid. However, this lipid homogeneously mixes with the other membrane lipids at physiological temperatures. Previous and new data on MGlcDAG show that the lamellar phase is stabilized when the length and the degree of unsaturation of the acyl chains are decreased. The physicochemical properties of MAMGlcDAG and MGlcDAG were compared and found to be of great significance for the physiological regulation of the lipids in the membrane. MAMGlcDAG is synthesized under conditions when the phase equilibria of MGlcDAG are shifted from a non-lamellar toward a lamellar phase. Apart from MAMGlcDAG, MGlcDAG is the major lipid in A. laidlawii strain A-EF22 which is able to form reversed aggregate structures. MAMGlcDAG probably assists MGlcDAG in maintaining an optimal molecular packing, or negative curvature, of the lipids in the membrane.
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