title: Structural elucidation of the O-specific polysaccharide of the phenol-phase soluble lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio anguillarum.
abstract: The structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of the phenol-soluble cellular lipopolysaccharide of Vibrio anguillarum has been investigated. The studies involved the use of methylation analysis, partial hydrolysis with 48% hydrogen fluoride, Smith degradation, oxidation with chromium trioxide, and comprehensive proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance studies, in which one- and two-dimensional experiments were carried out. As a result of these studies it is proposed that the O-specific polysaccharide of Vibrio anguillarum is composed of a regular heteropolymer, i.e., a main chain of (1----4)-linked 3-acetamido-3,6-dideoxy-beta-L-glucose residues alternately substituted through O-2 with side chain residues of 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-alpha-D-glucose, which seem to be substituted through either O-3 or O-4 with propionyl groups (R), as in the following structure. (Formula: see text)
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014733:Vibrio / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial