Hopanoids in Bacteria and Cyanobacteria – Their Role in Cellular Biochemistry and Physiology, Analysis and Occurrence

0351009 - MBÚ 2011 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Řezanka, Tomáš - Siřišťová, L. - Melzoch, K. - Sigler, Karel
Hopanoids in Bacteria and Cyanobacteria – Their Role in Cellular Biochemistry and Physiology, Analysis and Occurrence.
Mini - Reviews in Organic Chemistry. Roč. 7, č. 4 (2010), s. 300-313. ISSN 1570-193X. E-ISSN 1875-6298
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50200510
Keywords : bacteriohopanol * apci * hplc
Subject RIV: EE - Microbiology, Virology
Impact factor: 2.284, year: 2010

Hopanoids, widespread compounds of triterpene nature, are found mainly in different bacterial types (G and G bacteria, aerobes, facultative anaerobes, strict anaerobes), in methanotrophs, acetic acid bacteria, nitrogen fixers, purple non-sulphur bacteria, cyanobacteria, and also in sediments. They occur in a variety of structures from simple hopanoids to elongated compounds with polyfunctional side chains such as bacteriohopanepolyols (BH-polyols). This review summarizes current knowledge of the occurrence of these compounds in different bacterial types, genera and species, their biosynthesis and functions in cellular membranes and in important biochemical and physiological processes, and surveys advances and trends in the field of hopanoid analysis, especially as concerns LC-MS with soft ionization techniques such as APCI and/or ESI
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