Biosynthesis of the O9 antigen of Escherichia coli. Synthetic glycosyldiphosphomoraprenols as probes for requirement of mannose acceptors.
Synthetic monosaccharide derivatives (alpha-glucosyl, beta-glucosyl, alpha-mannosyl) and disaccharide derivatives (alpha-mannosyl-1,2-alpha-glucosyl, alpha-mannosyl-1,3-alpha-glucosyl, alpha-mannosyl-1,4-alpha-glucosyl, alpha-mannosyl-1,6-alpha-glucosyl) of diphosphomoraprenol were used as putative mannose acceptors in the biosynthesis of Escherichia coli O9 antigen. Membranes of E. coli O9 derived from the rfe mutant F 1357 were reconstituted with these compounds and then incubated with different concentrations of GDP-[14C]mannose. Of the monosaccharide derivatives tested, only alpha-glucodiphosphomoraprenol was a mannose acceptor and the only disaccharide derivative which accepted mannose was alpha-mannosyl-1,3-alpha-glucosyldiphosphomoraprenol. The alpha-glucosyl derivative accepted only one mannose unit at 4 microM GDP-[14C]mannose, and above 50 microM GDP-[14C]mannose about 25% of the product had a minimum size of about 30 mannose units. The alpha-mannosyl-1,3-alpha-glucosyl derivative was only a mannose acceptor at a GDP-[14C]mannose concentration of 50 microM and higher, and the product had a minimum size of about 30 mannose units. The results are discussed with respect to requirement of mannose acceptors.
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D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000276:immunology*; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D008364:Mannosyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D019081:O Antigens; D011103:Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Monosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011104:Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Oligosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011105:Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D019081:O Antigens; D011103:Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Monosaccharides; D011104:Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Oligosaccharides; D011105:Polyisoprenyl Phosphate Sugars; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D008364:Mannosyltransferases