Structure and gene cluster of the O-antigen of Escherichia coli O54

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Mild acid hydrolysis of the lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli O54 afforded an O-polysaccharide, which was studied by sugar analysis, solvolysis with anhydrous trifluoroacetic acid, and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Solvolysis cleaved predominantly the linkage of β-d-Ribf and, to a lesser extent, that of β-d-GlcpNAc, whereas the other linkages, including the linkage of α-l-Rhap, were stable under selected conditions (40 °C, 5 h). The following structure of the O-polysaccharide was established: →4)-α-d-GalpA-(1 → 2)-α-l-Rhap-(1 → 2)-β-d-Ribf-(1 → 4)-β-d-Galp-(1 → 3)-β-d-GlcpNAc-(1→ The O-antigen gene cluster of E. coli O54 was analyzed and found to be consistent in general with the O-polysaccharide structure established but there were two exceptions: i) in the cluster, there were genes for phosphoserine phosphatase and serine transferase, which have no apparent role in the O-polysaccharide synthesis, and ii) no ribofuranosyltransferase gene was present in the cluster. Both uncommon features are shared by some other enteric bacteria.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:462

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Carbohydrate research - 462(2018) vom: 15. Juni, Seite 34-38

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Naumenko, Olesya I [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Senchenkova, Sof'ya N [VerfasserIn]
Geng, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Perepelov, Andrei V [VerfasserIn]
Shashkov, Alexander S [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Knirel, Yuriy A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Bacterial polysaccharide structure
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Journal Article
O Antigens
O-antigen
O-antigen gene cluster
O-polysaccharide
Polysaccharides, Bacterial

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Date Completed 24.09.2018

Date Revised 24.09.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.carres.2018.04.001

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NLM283089172