Characterization of a novel branched tetrasaccharide of 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic acid. The structure of the carbohydrate backbone of the lipopolysaccharide from Acinetobacter baumannii strain nctc 10303 (atcc 17904).
For the first time, the tetrasaccharide Kdoalpha2-->5Kdoalpha2-->5(Kdoalpha2-->4)Kdo (Kdo is 3-deoxy-D-manno-oct-2-ulopyranosonic acid) has been identified in a bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), i.e. in the core region of LPS from Acinetobacter baumannii NCTC 10303. The LPS was analyzed using compositional analysis, mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopy. The disaccharide D-GlcpNbeta1-->6D-GlcpN, phosphorylated at O-1 and O-4', was identified as the carbohydrate backbone of the lipid A. The Kdo tetrasaccharide is attached to O-6' of this disaccharide and is further substituted by short L-rhamnoglycans of varying length and by the disaccharide D-GlcpNAcalpha1-->4D-GlcpNA (GlcpNA, 2-amino-2-deoxy-glucopyranosuronic acid). The core region is not substituted by phosphate residues and represents a novel core type of bacterial LPS. The complete carbohydrate backbone of the LPS is shown in Structure I as follows: where Rha is rhamnose. Except were indicated, monosaccharides possess the D-configuration. Sugars marked with an asterisk are present in non-stoichiometric amounts.
Vinogradov
E V
EV
Division of Medical and Biochemical Microbiology, Research Center Borstel, Center for Medicine and Biosciences, D-23845 Borstel, Germany.
Petersen
B O
BO
Thomas-Oates
J E
JE
Duus
J
J
Brade
H
H
Holst
O
O
D016954:Acinetobacter calcoaceticus; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D013400:Sugar Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014166:Transferases
D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009844:Oligosaccharides; D013400:Sugar Acids; C002532:2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate; D014166:Transferases