title: Sequence of Escherichia coli O128 antigen biosynthesis cluster and functional identification of an alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase.
abstract: O128 is one of the most common atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhea patients worldwide. The primary structure of E. coli O128 repeat units has previously been determined as -->3)-beta-D-GalNAc-(1-->4)-alpha-D-Gal-(1-->3)-beta-D-GalNAc-(1-->6)-[alpha-L-Fuc-(1-->2)]-beta-D-Gal-(1--> pentasaccharide. Here we report the complete sequencing of E. coli O128 antigen biosynthesis gene cluster and its flanking regions. Comparative sequence analysis revealed the expected O128 antigen process genes, GDP-fucose biosynthesis genes and four potential glycosyltransferase genes responsible for the assembly of E. coli O128 antigen repeats. WbsJ was shown to encode an alpha-1,2-fucosyltransferase by enzymatic assays and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shao
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Yuquan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Peng George
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005647:Fucosyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000235:genetics*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000097631:Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D005647:Fucosyltransferases; D000097631:Galactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase