title: The repeating sequence of the capsular polysaccharide of Staphylococcus aureus M.
abstract: The anomeric configuration of the sugar residues of the capsular polysaccharide antigen of Staphylococcus aureus M were established by 13C-n.m.r. spectroscopy, and the linkage positions by g.l.c.-m.s. after methylation, indicating a leads to 4)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranosyluronic acid)-(1 leads to 4)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-galactopyranosyluronic acid)-(1 leads to 3)-O-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-alpha-D-fucopyranosyl)-(1 leads to repeating unit. A taurine residue is linked by an amide bond, on the average, to every fourth 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactopyranosyluronic acid residue.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000032:analysis*; D013654:Taurine / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013654:Taurine