Influence of metal ions and temperature on the conformation of Escherichia coli K1 capsular polysaccharide

BioMetals

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-52

  Koenig, M K ^a   McLean, R J C ^a  

^a Texas State University San Marcos   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial cell surface; Capsule secondary structure; Copper; Exopolysaccharide; Mercury; Ytterbium

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; MERCURY; METAL ION; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; YTTERBIUM;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; METALS; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033010822     PISSN: 09660844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009294829309     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Aspinall GO. 1982 Chemical characterization and structure determination of polysaccharides. In: Aspinall GO eds. The Polysaccharides. New York: Academic Press: 35-131.
2. Brisson JR, Baumann H, Imberty H, Perez S, Jennings HJ. 1992, Helical epitope of the group B meningococcal alpha (2-8)-linked sialic acid polysaccharide. Biochemistry 31, 4996-5004.
3. Daoust H, St-Cyr D. 1982, Effect of the cation size and of the solvent composition on the conformation of poly(L-glutamic acid) alkaline metal salts. Polym J 14, 831-838.
4. Dumanski AJ, Hedelin H, Edin-Liljegren A, Beauchemin D, McLean RJC. 1994, Unique ability of Proteus mirabilis capsule to enhance mineral growth in infectious urinary calculi, Infect Immun 62, 2998-3003.
5. Dunn KA, McLean RJC, Upchurch GR, Jr., Folk RL. 1997, Enhancement of leaf fossilizalion potential by bacterial biofilms. Geology 25, 1119-1122.
6. Ferris FG, Beveridge TJ. 1986, Site specificity of metallic ion binding in Escherichia coli K-12 lipopolysaccharide, Can J Microbiol 32, 52-55.
7. Geesey GG, Jang L. 1990 Extracellular polymers for metal binding. In: Ehrlich HL, Brierley CL eds. Microbial Mineral Recovery. New York: McGraw-Hill: 223-247.
8. Graham LL, Harris R, Villiger W, Beveridge TJ. 1991, Freeze-substitution of gram-negative cubacteria: general cell morphology and envelope profiles, J Bacteriol 173, 1623-1633.
9. Hoyle BD, Costerton JW. 1989, Transient exposure to a physiologically-relevant concentration of calcium confers tobramycin resistance upon sessile cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, FEMS Microbiol Lett 60, 339-341.
10. Jann K, Jann B. 1977 Bacterial polysaccharide antigens. In: Sutherland IW eds. Surface Carbohydrates of the Prokaryotic Cell. London: Academic Press: 247-287.
11. Jennings HJ, Gamian A, Michon F, Ashton FE. 1989, Unique intermolecular bactericidal epitope involving the homosialopolysaccharide capsule on the cell surface of group B. Neisseria meningitidis and Escherichia coli K1, J Immunol 142, 3585-3591.
12. Jennings HJ, Roy R, Michon F. 1985, Determinant specificities of the groups B and C polysaccharides of Neisseria meningitidis. J Immunol 134, 2651-2657.
13. Kenne L, Lindberg B. 1983 Bacterial polysaccharides. In: Aspinall GO eds. The Polysaccharides. New York: Academic Press: 287-363.
14. Koenig MK. 1996 Parameters affecting the conformation of N-acetylneuraminic acid, Escherichia coli K1 capsular polysaccharide. MS Thesis Southwest Texas State University
15. Lindberg B. 1990, Components of bacterial polysaccharides. Adv Carbohydr Chem Biochem 48, 279-318.
16. Magini M, Licheri G, Paschina G, Piccaluga G, Pinna G. 1988 X-Ray Diffraction of Ions in Aqueous Solutions: Hydration and Complex Formation, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
17. Mann S. 1988, Molecular recognition in biomineralization, Nature (London) 332, 119-124.
18. Manning GS. 1970, On the interpretation of conductance measurements in salt-free polyelectrolyte solutions with an application to the helix-coil transition of poly(D- glutamic acid), Biopolymers 9, 1543-1546.
19. McLean RJC, Beauchemin D, Beveridge TJ. 1992, Influence of oxidation state on iron binding by Bacillus licheniformis capsule, Appl Environ Microbiol 58, 405-408.
20. McLean RJC, Beauchemin D, Clapham L, Beveridge TJ. 1990, Metal binding characteristics of the gamma- glutamyl capsule polymer of Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9945, Appl Environ Microbiol 56, 3671-3677.
21. McLean RJC, Beveridge TJ. 1990 Metal binding capacity of bacterial surfaces and their ability to form mineralized aggregates. In: Ehrlich HL, Brierley CL eds. Microbial Mineral Recovery. New York: McGraw-Hill: 185-222.
22. McLean RJC, Fortin D, Brown DA. 1996, Microbial metal binding mechanisms and their relation to nuclear waste disposal, Can J Microbiol 42, 392-400.
23. Moorhouse R, Winter WT, Arnott S, Bayer ME. 1977, Conformation and molecular organization in fibers of the capsular polysaccharide from Escherichia coli M41 mutant, J Mol Biol 109, 373-391.
24. Petter JG, Vimr ER. 1993, Complete nucleotide sequence of the bacteriophage KIF tail gene encoding endo-N- acylneruaminidase (Endo-N) and comparison to an endo-N homolog in bacteriophage PKIE, J Bacteriol 175, 4354-4363.
25. Rees DA, Morris ER, Thom D, Madden JK. 1982 Shapes and interactions of carbohydrate chains. In: Aspinall GO eds. The Polysaccharides. New York: Academic Press: 195-290.
26. Savitzky A, Golay MJE. 1964, Smoothing and differentiation of data by simplified least squares procedures, Anal Chem 36, 1627-1639.
27. Sreerama N, Woody RW. 1993, A self-consistent method for the analysis of protein secondary structure from circular dichroism. Anal Biochem 209, 32-44.
28. Whitfield C. 1988, Bacterial extracellular polysaccharides, Can J Microbiol 34, 415-420.
29. Yamasaki R. 1988, 2D NMR analysis of group B capsular polysaccharide of N. meningitidis: complete assignment of 1H-NMR spectrum of B polysaccharide of strain 6275, Biochem Biophyss Res Commun 154, 159-164.
30. Yamasaki R, Bacon B. 1991, Three-dimensional structural analysis of the group B polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis by two-dimensional nmr: The polysaccharide is suggested to exist in helical conformations in solution, Biochemistry 30, 851-857.
31. Yang JT, Wu C-SC, Martinez HM. 1986, Calculation of protein conformation from circular dichroism, Methods Enzymol 130, 208-269.