title: Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of Proteus penneri 103 containing ribitol and 2-aminoethanol phosphates.
abstract: The O-specific polysaccharide of the lipopolysaccharide of Proteus penneri strain 103 was studied using 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, including 2D COSY, TOCSY, NOESY, H-detected 1H,(13)C HMQC, 1H, 31P HMQC, and HMBC experiments. It was found that the polysaccharide is built up of oligosaccharide-ribitol phosphate repeating units and thus resembles ribitol teichoic acids of Gram-positive bacteria. The following structure of the polysaccharide was established:where Etn and Rib-ol are ethanolamine and ribitol, respectively. This structure is unique among the known structures of Proteus O-antigens and, therefore, we propose classification of the strain studied into a new Proteus serogroup, O73. The molecular basis for cross-reactivity between O-antiserum against P. penneri 103 and O-antigens of P. mirabilis O33 and D52 is discussed.
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D019856:Ethanolamine / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D011511:Proteus / Q000737:chemistry*; D012255:Ribitol / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019081:O Antigens; D010710:Phosphates; D012255:Ribitol; D019856:Ethanolamine