title: The structure of the O-specific polysaccharide chain of the Shewanella algae BrY lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: An acidic O-specific polysaccharide was obtained by mild acid degradation of the Shewanella algae strain BrY lipopolysaccharide and was found to contain L-rhamnose, 2-acetamido-4-[D-3-hydroxybutyramido)]-2,4,6-trideoxy-D-glucose (D-BacNAc4NHbu), and 2-amino-2,6-dideoxy-L-galactose, N-acylated by the 4-carboxyl group of L-malic acid (L-malyl-(4-->2)-alpha-L-FucN) in the ratio 2:1:1. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy was applied to the intact polysaccharide, and the following structure of the repeating unit was established:-3)-alpha-D-BacNAc4NHbu-(1-->3)-alpha-L-Rha-(1-->2)-alpha-L-Rha-(1-->2)-L-malyl-(4-->2)-alpha-L-FucN-(1-. The repeating unit includes linkage via the residue of malic acid, reported here for the first time as a component of bacterial polysaccharides.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, 100 Sussex Dr., ON, K1A 0R6, Ottawa, Canada. evguenii.vinogradov@nrc.ca
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Korenevsky
authors.forename: Terry J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Beveridge
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D020592:Shewanella / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019081:O Antigens