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:When the R-form lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Klebsiella pneumoniae strain LEN-111 (O3-:K1-), from which cationic material had been removed by electrodialysis, was suspended in 50 mM Tris buffer at pH 8.5 containing 0.1 mM or higher concentrations of MgCl2, it formed an ordered two-dimensional hexagonal lattice structure and its center-to-center distance (lattice constant) depended upon the concentration of MgCl2 and reached the shortest value (14 nm) at 10 mM. In contrast, in the presence of 0.1 to 10 mM CaCl2 in place of MgCl2, the electrodialyzed LPS did not form such an ordered hexagonal lattice structure but formed an irregular network structure with a center-to-center distance of 19 to 20 nm. We investigated interaction of Mg2+ and Ca2+ in formation of the hexagonal lattice structure by the electrodialyzed LPS suspended in 50 mM Tris buffer at pH 8.5. When 0.1 mM or higher concentrations of CaCl2 were mixed with 1 mM MgCl2 or when 1 mM or higher concentrations of CaCl2 was mixed with 10 mM MgCl2, the electrodialyzed LPS did not form the hexagonal lattice structure of the magnesium salt type but formed the irregular network structure of the calcium salt type. In the coexistence of equimolar or higher concentrations of CaCl2 together with 1 or 10 mM MgCl2, the binding of Mg to the electrodialyzed LPS was significantly inhibited and, conversely, the binding of Ca was enhanced as compared with when MgCl2 or CaCl2 was present alone. However, the coexistence of 10 times less molar concentrations of CaCl2 did not significantly inhibit the binding of Mg to the electrodialyzed LPS. Therefore, the inhibition of formation of the Mg2(+)-mediated hexagonal lattice structure of the electrodialyzed LPS by equimolar or higher concentrations of CaCl2 accompanied the inhibition of binding of Mg but that by 10 times less molar concentrations of CaCl2 did not accompany it.
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Microbiol Immunoljournal_title
Microbiology and immunologyauthors
Kato N,Ohta M,Kido N,Arakawa Y,Ito H,Naito Sdoi
10.1111/j.1348-0421.1990.tb01025.xsubject
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1990-01-01 00:00:00pages
427-38issue
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1348-0421journal_volume
34pub_type
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