Chapter 10 Lipoteichoic acids and lipoglycans

摘要: Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the lipoteichoic acids and lipoglycans. Glyceroglycolipids, acids, lipoglycans are characteristic components of cytoplasmic membrane Gram-positive bacteria, whereas teichoic peptidoglycan layer. In analogy to may be defined as macroamphiphiles that contain alditolphosphates integral parts hydrophilic chain. Lipoglycans possess a linear or branched homo- heteropolysaccharide moiety carry monomeric glycerophosphate (GroP) branches. The term lipoglycan is proposed in order differentiate these from structurally, physicochemically functionally different class lipopolysaccharides (LPS) Gram-negative bacteria. Lipoteichoic do not occur together same organism thought replace each other functionally. prevailing subgroup eubacteria which contains DNA guanine cytosine (G+C) content less than 50%, preferentially with greater 55%.