title: Structure and epitope characterisation of the O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis O28 containing amides of D-galacturonic acid with L-serine and L-lysine.
abstract: The O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis O28 was found to contain D-galactose, D-galacturonic acid (GalA), 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose, L-serine, L-lysine, and O-acetyl groups in molar ratios 1:2:1:1:1:1, the amino acids being linked via their alpha-amino group to the carboxyl group of GalA. The polysaccharide was studied using 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, including selective spin-decoupling, one-dimensional total correlation spectroscopy, two-dimensional homonuclear correlation spectroscopy (COSY), heteronuclear 13C,1H COSY, one-dimensional NOE, and two-dimensional rotating-frame NOE spectroscopy and partial acid hydrolysis followed by borohydride reduction, methylation, and GLC/MS analysis of the derived glycosyl alditols. The following structure of the repeating unit was established: [formula: see text] Epitope specificity of the P. mirabilis O28 polysaccharide was analysed using a homologous rabbit polyclonal antiserum in quantitative precipitation, passive immunohemolysis, and inhibition of passive immunohemolysis. Study with related synthetic glycopolymers (2-acrylamidoethyl glycosides of amides of alpha-D-GalA with amino acids copolymerised with acrylamide) showed the importance of D-GalA(L-Lys) for manifesting serological specificity of the O-antigen. Serological cross-reactions between P. mirabilis O28, S1959, and R14/S1959 (a transient-like form) are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Radziejewska-Lebrecht
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shashkov
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grosskurth
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bartodziejska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozalski
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kaca
authors.forename: L O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Kononov
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Chernyak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008239:Lysine / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D011513:Proteus mirabilis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D012694:Serine / Q000737:chemistry*; D012699:Serology
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000939:Epitopes; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D012694:Serine; C007819:galacturonic acid; D008239:Lysine