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ArticleBiochemistry2011

Characterization of sulfolipids of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv by multiple-stage linear ion-trap high-resolution mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization reveals that the family of sulfolipid II predominates.

Elizabeth R Rhoades, Cassandra Streeter, John Turk, Fong-Fu Hsu

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Article in Biochemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth R RhoadesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, C5 109 Vet Medical Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States.
Cassandra Streeter
John Turk
Fong-Fu Hsu
Cornell University · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Brian N Finck · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
TRANSGENICS COREP60DK020579 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHAFFER, JEAN E. · 1986 to 2012
$25.2M
YOGA LIFESTYLE INTERVENTION REDUCES BLOOD PRESSURE IN HIV-INFECTED ADULTSP41RR000954 · NCRR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GROSS, MICHAEL L · 1985 to 2011
$16.0M
5500 QTRAPS10RR027197 · NCRR · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI TURK, JOHN W · 2010 to 2010
$484k
NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR000954NCRR NIH HHS P41-RR00954NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027197NIAID NIH HHS HHSN266200400091CNIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341NIDDK NIH HHS P30-DK56341NIDDK NIH HHS P60 DK020579NIDDK NIH HHS P60-DK20579
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, is unique among bacterial pathogens in that it contains a wide array of complex lipids and lipoglycans on its cell wall. Among them, the sulfated glycolipid, termed the sulfolipid, is thought to mediate specific host-pathogen interactions during infection. Sulfolipids (SLs), including sulfolipid I (SL-I) and sulfolipid II (SL-II), are 2,3,6,6'-tetraacyltrehalose 2'-sulfates. SL-I was identified as a family of homologous 2-palmitoyl(stearoyl)-3-phthioceranoyl-6,6'-bis(hydroxyphthioceranoy1)trehalose 2'-sulfates and was believed to be the principal sulfolipid of M. tuberculosis strain H37Rv. We cultured and extracted sulfolipids using various conditions, including those originally described, and employed high-resolution multiple-stage linear ion-trap mass spectrometry with electrospray ionization to characterize the structure of the principal SL. We revealed that SL-II, a family of homologous 2-stearoyl(palmitoyl)-3,6,6'-tris(hydroxyphthioceranoy1)trehalose 2'-sulfates, rather than SL-I is the principal sulfolipid class. We identified a great number of isomers resulting from permutation of the various hydroxyphthioceranoyl substituents at positions 6 and 6' of the trehalose backbone for each of the SL-II species in the entire family. We redefined the structure of this important lipid family that was misassigned using the traditional methods 40 years ago.

Indexed as

Carbohydrate SequenceCulture MediaLipidsMolecular Sequence DataMycobacterium tuberculosisSpectrometry, Mass, Electrospray IonizationStereoisomerismTandem Mass SpectrometryCulture MediaLipidssulfolipids

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PMID21919534
PMCPMC3214629
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