title: The structures of oligosaccharides isolated from the lipopolysaccharide of Moraxella catarrhalis serotype B, strain CCUG 3292.
abstract: The oligosaccharides from the lipopolysaccharides of Moraxella catarrhalis serotype B, strain CCUG 3292, were isolated after mild acid hydrolysis and separated by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography. The structures of the oligosaccharides were established by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. It is concluded that the oligosaccharides comprise a mixture of mainly a nona- and a deca-saccharide. [formula: see text] Smaller amounts of undeca-saccharides and of truncated forms, namely, hexa-, hepta-, and octa-saccharides, were also detected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Edebrink
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Jansson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Widmalm
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holme
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D001936:Moraxella catarrhalis / Q000737:chemistry*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D012703:Serotyping; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009005:Monosaccharides; D009844:Oligosaccharides