title: Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Acinetobacter baumannii O5 containing 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galacturonic acid.
abstract: A polysaccharide containing 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose (GlcNAc), 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-L-fucose (FucNAc), and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galacturonic acid (GalNAcA) was isolated from an aqueous phenol extract of lipid-free, isolated cell walls of the reference strain for Acinetobacter baumannii serogroup O5, by mild acid hydrolysis of the extract and chromatography of the water-soluble products on Sephadex G-50. By means of NMR studies, methylation analysis, carboxyl reduction and chemical degradations, the repeating unit of the polymer was identified as a branched tetrasaccharide of the structure shown. The serologically active polymer is believed to correspond to the side chain of the O5 lipopolysaccharide: [table: see text]
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Hull, England.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Haseley
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C065803:N-acetylgalactosaminuronic acid