Lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli C interacts with polyvalent cations at low ionic strength at more than one site. The first site has high affinity with a KD value of 10(-8) M for Ca2+ and even stronger binding for [(NH3)5CoNH2Co(NH3)5]5+ and La3+. The high-affinity site for the latter cations is beyond the sensitivity of the assay method. The second, low-affinity, site for bivalent cations has a Km of 10(-3) M, whereas, for tervalent and quinquevalent metal cations and spermine and hexacyclen (1,4,7,10,13,16-hexa-azacyclo-octadecane), this constant has a value of 10(-5) M. Binding of cations to the high-affinity site does not alter the aggregation state of the lipopolysaccharide, but combination with the low-affinity site gives particles twice the size of those of the sodium salt. Very high Ca2+ concentrations (30 mM) give particles eight times the size of those of the sodium salt.
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November 01 1989
The interaction of cations with lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli C as shown by measurement of binding constants and aggregation reactions
A M Field;
A M Field
*Virus Reference Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT.
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E Rowatt;
E Rowatt
†Department of Microbiology, School of Pathology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Ridinghouse Street, London W1P 7PN.
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R J P Williams
R J P Williams
‡Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OXI 3QR, U.K.
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
© 1989 London: The Biochemical Society
1989
Biochem J (1989) 263 (3): 695–702.
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A M Field, E Rowatt, R J P Williams; The interaction of cations with lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli C as shown by measurement of binding constants and aggregation reactions. Biochem J 1 November 1989; 263 (3): 695–702. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2630695
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