title: Structure of the capsular polysaccharide and the O-side-chain of the lipopolysaccharide from Acetobacter methanolicus MB 58/4 (IMET 10945), and of oligosaccharides resulting from their degradation by the bacteriophage Acml.
abstract: The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) and the O-side-chain of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Acetobacter methanolicus MB 58/4 (IMET 10945) have been shown to contain the same disaccharide repeating unit, namely, ----2)-beta-D-Galf-(1----3)-beta-D-Galp-(1----. Degradation of the CPS and the LPS with the bacteriophage Acml gave fragments built up of 1-5 repeating units; the octasaccharide preponderated. The phage-associated depolymerase proved to be a beta-D-galactofuranoside hydrolase.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Grimmecke
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Mamat
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lauk
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shashkov
authors.forename: Y A
authors.initials: YA
authors.lastname: Knirel
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kochetkov
mesh_terms: D000091:Acetobacter / Q000737:chemistry*; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000378:metabolism*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial