title: Structural characterization of the lipopolysaccharide O-polysaccharide antigen produced by Flavobacterium columnare ATCC 43622.
abstract: The structure of the antigenic O-chain polysaccharide of Flavobacterium columnare ATCC 43622, a Gram-negative bacterium that causes columnaris disease in warm water fish, was determined by high-field 1D and 2D NMR techniques, MS, and chemical analyses. The O-chain was shown to be an unbranched linear polymer of a trisaccharide repeating unit composed of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucuronic acid (d-GlcNAcA), 2-acetamidino-2,6-dideoxy-l-galactose (l-FucNAm) and 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-d-xylo-hexos-4-ulose (d-Sug) (1 : 1 : 1), having the structure: [structure: see text].
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Leann L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: MacLean
authors.forename: Malcolm B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Crump
authors.forename: William W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D000941:Antigens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides