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Development of analytical methods for determination of phosphorylated components of bacterial cell membranes
Mikulecká, Jana ; Čabala, Radomír (advisor) ; Feltl, Ladislav (referee)
Phospholipids are dominant components of bacterial cell membranes, where they create double layers. Bacteria differ in their phospholipid composition determination of which can help in identification of important groups of microorganisms. Phospholipid composition of bacteria is influenced by many environmental factors, therefore its variation can be observed within one bacterial stem also. Because of its simplicity, thin layer chromatography is usually applied to identification and determination of bacterial phospholipids. Disadvantage of this method are the high demands of time, carefulness and skills of the analytical personnel. The increasing interest in the phospholipid double-layer promotes the detailed investigation of their fatty acid composition because the more detailed analyses allows for more information yield about bacteria. Gas chromatography hyphenated with mass spectrometry seems to be the best choice for these purposes. Fatty acid identity and total fatty acid content in phospholipid molecules could be determined by this method. Additionally, number, position and isomerism of double bonds and presence of other functional groups on hydrocarbon chain could be determined. Whereas a suitable and...
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Functional membrane microdomains in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane
Švecová, Magdaléna ; Mikušová, Gabriela (advisor) ; Koukalová, Alena (referee)
Functional membrane microdomains are structural heterogeneities in bacterial cytoplasmic membrane with up to few tens of nanometers in size. Same as in the case of eukaryotic lipid rafts the lipid and protein composition and fluidity of bacterial membrane microdomains differ from the rest of the membrane. Membrane microdomains contain the structural analogues of eukaryotic flotilin as well as hopanoids and carotenoids as functional analogues of cholesterol in eukaryotic lipid rafts. In functional membrane microdomains there are located proteins associated with membrane trafficking, signaling, secretion, biofilm formation, and sporulation. Functional membrane microdomains are specific sites for the entry of certain antibiotics into cells. What is more, disassembly of functional membrane microdomains might be regarded as a possible novel mechanism of bacterial infections suppression that is caused by antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens. In the absence of membrane domains proteins which require for their functions the membrane domain localization lose their activity. This may result in inhibition of bacterial cell growth. Key words: Functional membrane microdomains, bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, cardiolipin, hopanoids, flotilins, antibiotic resistance
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Development of analytical methods for determination of phosphorylated components of bacterial cell membranes
Mikulecká, Jana ; Čabala, Radomír (advisor) ; Feltl, Ladislav (referee)
Phospholipids are dominant components of bacterial cell membranes, where they create double layers. Bacteria differ in their phospholipid composition determination of which can help in identification of important groups of microorganisms. Phospholipid composition of bacteria is influenced by many environmental factors, therefore its variation can be observed within one bacterial stem also. Because of its simplicity, thin layer chromatography is usually applied to identification and determination of bacterial phospholipids. Disadvantage of this method are the high demands of time, carefulness and skills of the analytical personnel. The increasing interest in the phospholipid double-layer promotes the detailed investigation of their fatty acid composition because the more detailed analyses allows for more information yield about bacteria. Gas chromatography hyphenated with mass spectrometry seems to be the best choice for these purposes. Fatty acid identity and total fatty acid content in phospholipid molecules could be determined by this method. Additionally, number, position and isomerism of double bonds and presence of other functional groups on hydrocarbon chain could be determined. Whereas a suitable and...
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