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J Bacteriol. 1987 February; 169(2): 682-686

Transfer of phosphoethanolamine residues from phosphatidylethanolamine to the membrane-derived oligosaccharides of Escherichia coli.

ABSTRACT

The membrane-derived oligosaccharides (MDO) of Escherichia coli are periplasmic constituents composed of glucose residues linked by beta-1,2 and beta-1,6 glycosidic bonds. MDO are substituted with phosphoglycerol, phosphoethanolamine, and succinic acid moieties. The phosphoglycerol residues present on MDO are derived from phosphatidylglycerol (B. J. Jackson and E. P. Kennedy, J. Biol. Chem. 258:2394-2398, 1983), but evidence as to the source of the phosphoethanolamine residues has been lacking. We now report that phosphatidylethanolamine, exogenously added to intact cells of E. coli, provides a source of phosphoethanolamine residues that are transferred to MDO. The biosynthesis of phosphoethanolamine-labeled MDO is osmotically regulated, with maximum synthesis occurring during growth in medium of low osmolarity.

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