title: Determination of the structure of the capsular antigen of Escherichia coli O8:K46:H30, using FABMS and 2D-NMR spectroscopy.
abstract: The structure of the capsular antigen from Escherichia coli O8:K46:H30 was elucidated by methylation analysis and 1D and 2D 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, and by methylation analysis, 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy, and FABMS of the oligosaccharide-alditol obtained after dephosphorylation of the polymer with aqueous hydrofluoric acid. The capsular polymer is of the teichoic acid type and has the following repeating unit. [Formula: see text]
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Dutton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kuma-Mintah
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Parolis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Reason
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial