title: The structure of the O-specific chain of lipopolysaccharide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa IID 1012 (ATCC 27588).
abstract: Structural studies were carried out on the O-polysaccharide fraction obtained from the lipopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas aeruginosa IID 1012, the standard strain of Homma serogroup K, by mild acid treatment. The O-polysaccharide was composed of L-rhamnose, N-acetyl-D-quinovosamine, and N-acetyl-D-galactosaminuronic acid. The results from analysis of fragments obtained by acid hydrolysis and Smith degradation of the O-polysaccharide, together with data on methylation analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic measurement of the polysaccharide, led to the most likely structure of the repeating units of the polymer chain, ----4)D-GalNAcA(alpha 1----3)D-QuiNAc(beta 1----2)L-Rha(alpha 1----3)L-Rha(alpha 1----, in which about 20% of the N-acetylgalactosaminuronic acid residues were in an amide form and about 75% of the same residues were O-acetylated at C-3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides