Conformation of the polar headgroup of sphingomyelin and its analogues.
Conformation of the polar headgroup of sphingomyelin and its analogues.
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10.1016/0005-2736(88)90076-4
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1988-04
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K. Bruzik
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K. Bruzik
The conformation of the polar headgroup of syntheticd-erythro-stearoylsphingomyelin (1), itsl-threo-isomer (2) and phosphorothioyl analogues of 1 (3 and 4) has been studied in detail by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy. In both monomeric and aggregated states the phosphocholine function of 1 adopts the synclinal conformation (α5torsional angle), in analogy with phosphatidylcholine (Hauser, H., Guyer, W., Pascher, I ., Skrabal, P. and Sundell, S. (1980) Biochemistry 19, 366–373). The conformation about the C1C2 bond (θ1angle) of the sphingosine backbone is predominantly —synclinal, analogously to the conformation of the crystalline galactosyl cerebroside (Pascher, I. and Sundell, S. (1977) Chem. Phys. Lipids 20, 175–191). In contrast, thel-threo-isomer displays unrestricted rotation about C1C2 bond. The possibility of the existence of a hydrogen bond between the 3-hydroxyl function and the bridged oxygen atom of sphingosine responsible for the different conformation of 1 and 2 is discussed. The modification of the phosphate function in 1 with sulfur has no significant effect on the conformation of the resulting analogues. The conformation of all studied compounds about the CO phosphoester bonds (α1and α4torsion angles) is mainly antiperiplanar. Similar to other double-chain phospholipids, sphingomyelin shows a preference towards the antiperiplanar conformation about the C2C3 bond.