Research Article
Coupled TLC and MALDI-TOF/MS Analyses of the Lipid Extract of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus
Table 1
Assignments of m/z values detected in the negative ion mode MALDI-TOF mass spectra and PSD analyses of the P. furiosus total lipid extract to various lipid components. Lipids are indicated as abbreviations.
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Abbreviations—D: diether or archaeol; T: tetraether or caldarchaeol; Tcyclic: caldarchaeol with cyclopentane rings; P: phosphate group; uns: unsaturated branched-chains, 3 double bonds for chain; N-acetyl-hexose: N-acetylglucosamine; PI: diphytanylglycerol analogue of phosphatidylinositol; BPG: diphytanylglycerol analogue of bisphosphatidylglycerol (or ether lipid cardiolipin); PG: diphytanylglycerol analogue of phosphatidylglycerol; PGP: diphytanylglycerol analogue of phosphatidylglycerol-phosphate; PA: diphytanylglycerol analogue of phosphatidic acid; MGD: monoglycosyl-diphytanylglycerol; DGD: diglycosyl-diphytanylglycerol. |