ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2022
Dissecting Lipopolysaccharide Composition and Structure by GC-MS and MALDI Spectrometry.
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- Functional Heterogeneity of the Autism Spectrum Disorder-Associated Gut Microbial Ecosystem Revealed by Fecal Lipopolysaccharides and Bacterial Proteomic Profiling.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2026Article
- Cold-Adapted Lipid A from Polaribacter sp. SM1127: A Study of Structural Heterogeneity and Immunostimulatory Properties.Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology · 2025Article
- Lipopolysaccharides fromFrontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Article
- The chemistry of gut microbiome-derived lipopolysaccharides impacts on the occurrence of food allergy in the pediatric age.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023Article
- Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: An update for 2021-2022.Mass spectrometry reviewsReview
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Abstract
Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are the main components of the external leaflet of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. They exert multiple functions, starting from conferring stability to the bacterial membrane to mediating the interaction of the microbe with the external environment. The composition and the structure of LPSs present tremendous diversity even within bacteria of the same species, and for this reason, the determination of the structure of these molecules is crucial because it can provide information on the motifs key for the virulence of a pathogen or that are associated to a bacterium of the commensal or beneficial microbiota. In addition, structural data disclose the effects triggered from a mutation or from the use of an antibiotic, or they can be used as tools to check the quality of adjuvants and/or medications, as vaccines, that make use of LPS.The structural study of LPSs is complex, and it can be achieved with the right combination of different techniques. In this frame, this chapter focuses on the two MS-based approaches, the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and the matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI).
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