IMPROVED PREPARATION OF LIPOTEICHOIC ACIDS
IMPROVED PREPARATION OF LIPOTEICHOIC ACIDS
复制标题
DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1983.tb07495.x
复制
发表时间:
1983-01-01
期刊:
影响因子:
--
通讯作者:
HAAS, R
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
FISCHER, W;KOCH, HU;HAAS, R
A procedure is described for measuring the extraction of lipoteichoic acids from gram-positive bacteria in absolute terms. Virtually complete extraction was achieved from various bacteria by hot phenol/water if the cells were disrupted. Extraction of whole and delipidated cells and of the membrane fraction gave considerably lower yields. Most of the nucleic acids co-extracted from disrupted cells was removed by treatment with nucleases. Nuclease-resistant nucleic acid, protein, polysaccharide and teichoic acid were separated from lipoteichoic acid by anion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel or hydrophobic interaction chromatography on octyl-Sepharose. Purified preparations were essentially free of polymeric contaminants, retained their alanine ester substitution and were in the Na salt form. Hydrophobic interaction chromatography also made it possible to recognize contamination of lipoteichoic acid with its deacylated and lyso-form and to discriminate molecular species containing 2 and 3, or 2 and 4 acyl groups.