lipopolysaccharide
Noun
Meaning
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lipopolysaccharide (plural lipopolysaccharides)
(biochemistry) Any of a large class of lipids conjugated with polysaccharides
Examples
A gram-negative cell loses its outer lipopolysaccharide membrane, and the inner peptidoglycan layer is left exposed.
A leaky gut allows bacteria and components of bacterial cell walls, like lipopolysaccharide (LPS), to cross the gut barrier.
Usually, the p38 within the dendritic cell expresses TLR 4 (toll-like receptor 4), which is activated through the ligand LPS ( lipopolysaccharide ).
In the context of lipopolysaccharide stimulation, these same pathways alter the myeloid output of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).
The minimal lipopolysaccharide required for growth in E. coli is Kdo 2 -Lipid A, a hexa-acylated disaccharide of glucosamine that is glycosylated with two 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) residues.