title: Chemical structures of the core region of Campylobacter jejuni O:3 lipopolysaccharide and an associated polysaccharide.
abstract: The complete structure for the core oligosaccharide region of the water-insoluble low-M(r) lipopolysaccharide of Campylobacter jejuni serotype O:3 from phenol/water extraction of bacterial cells was assigned through studies on derivatives of the liberated oligosaccharide. Structure determinations were performed using 1H-NMR and 31P-NMR spectroscopies, methylation analysis supported by fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry, and Smith degradation experiments. It was concluded that the complete chains in the core oligosaccharide had the following structure in which a proportion of the terminal residues were phosphorylated: [formula: see text] From a similar series of experiments, it was concluded that an associated polysaccharide, which was isolated from the water phase of the phenol/water extracts, had the following repeating unit in which a proportion of the previously unknown L-glycero-D-ido-heptose (L-alpha-D-ido-Hep) residues were present as 3-hydroxypropanoyl esters, and were not covalently linked to the lipopolysaccharide: [formula see: text]
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Aspinall
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Shaver
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Moran
mesh_terms: D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry*; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
chemical_list: D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial