Structural and genetic relatedness of the O-antigens of Escherichia coli O50 and O2

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An O-specific polysaccharide (O-antigen) was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli O50 followed by gel chromatography on Sephadex G-50. The following structure of the tetrasaccharide repeat was established by sugar analysis and 1D and 2D 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy: →3)-α-l-Rhap-(1 → 2)-α-l-Rhap-(1 → 3)-β-l-Rhap-(1 → 4)-β-d-GlcpNAc-(1→ The linear O50 polysaccharide has the same structure as the main chain of the branched O polysaccharide of E. coli O2 studied earlier [Jansson et al., Carbohydr. Res. 161 (1987) 273-279], which differs in the presence of a side-chain α-d-Fucp3NAc residue. In spite of the difference between the O-polysaccharides, the corresponding genes in the O2- and O50-antigen gene cluster are 99-100% identical. The genetic basis for the lack of d-Fucp3NAc from the O50 polysaccharide is evidently a point mutation in the aminotransferase gene fdtB of the d-Fucp3NAc synthesis pathway resulting in a single amino acid change from histidine in O2 to arginine in O50.

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E-Artikel

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2018

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2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:464

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Carbohydrate research - 464(2018) vom: 15. Juli, Seite 8-11

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Senchenkova, Sof'ya N [VerfasserIn]
Naumenko, Olesya I [VerfasserIn]
Shashkov, Alexander S [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Perepelov, Andrey V [VerfasserIn]
Knirel, Yuriy A [VerfasserIn]

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Bacterial polysaccharide structure
Escherichia coli
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharide
O Antigens
O-antigen
O-antigen gene cluster
O-specific polysaccharide

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Date Completed 01.10.2018

Date Revised 01.10.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.carres.2018.05.001

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NLM284337382