title: The structure of the carbohydrate backbone of the rough type lipopolysaccharides from Proteus penneri strains 12, 13, 37 and 44.
abstract: The following structure of the lipid A-core backbone of the rough type lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from Proteus penneri strains 12, 13, 37, and 44 was determined using NMR and mass spectroscopy and chemical analysis of the oligosaccharides obtained by mild-acid hydrolysis, alkaline O,N-deacylation, O-deacylation with hydrazine, and deamination of the LPSs:where K=H, R=PEtN, R(1)=alpha-Hep-(1-->2)-alpha-DDHep, and R(2)=alpha-GalN (strains 12 and 13) or beta-GlcNAc-(1-->4)-alpha-GlcN (strains 37 and 44). LPS from each strain contained several structural variants. LPS from strain 12 contained a variant with R(1)=alpha-DDHep, whereas LPS from strains 13, 37, and 44 contained structures with K=amide of beta-GalA with putrescine or spermidine. The phosphate group at O-1 of the alpha-GlcN residue in the lipid part was partially substituted with Ara4N.
authors: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0R6. vinogradov@nrc.ca
authors: Evgeny
authors: E
authors: Vinogradov
authors: Zygmunt
authors: Z
authors: Sidorczyk
mesh_terms: D000215:Acylation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011511:Proteus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides