title: Structural characterization of the O-antigenic polysaccharide chain of Porphyromonas circumdentaria NCTC 12469.
abstract: Structural studies were carried out on an O-antigenic polysaccharide moiety derived from Porphyromonas circumdentaria NCTC 12469, a reference strain of Porphyromonas species. The polysaccharide chain was composed of D-glucose, D-galactose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and N-acetyl-D-galactosamine in a molar ratio of 1:2:1:1. On the basis of results from 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopic analyses including COSY, TOCSY, and HMQC experiments together with results of Smith degradation, methylation analysis, and partial acid hydrolysis, it is concluded that the polysaccharide chain has a pentasaccharide repeating unit of -->6)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->6)-beta-D-Galp-(1-->3)-beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->3)-beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->. The immunoreaction between P. circumdentaria LPS and the corresponding antiserum was strongly inhibited by the pentasaccharide fragment (Glc-Gal-Gal-GlcNAc-GalNAc) isolated from partial acid hydrolysis of the above polysaccharide, suggestive of O-antigen specific antibodies in the used antiserum.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isogai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D017861:Porphyromonas / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D019081:O Antigens