title: Synthesis of beta-(1-->6)-linked glucosamine oligosaccharides corresponding to fragments of the bacterial surface polysaccharide poly-N-acetylglucosamine.
abstract: A series of 3-beta-acetamidopropyl oligo-beta-(1-->6)-glucosamines consisting of 5, 7, 9 and 11 glucosamine residues, and a series of corresponding per-N-acetylated derivatives were synthesized using a convergent blockwise approach. These compounds represent fragments of a bacterial surface polysaccharide produced by numerous bacterial pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus, and will be used as models for its biochemical and immunological properties.
authors.affiliation: N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 47, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Marina L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gening
authors.forename: Yury E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Tsvetkov
authors.forename: Gerald B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Pier
authors.forename: Nikolay E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Nifantiev
mesh_terms: D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005944:Glucosamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; C113831:poly-N-acetyl glucosamine; D005944:Glucosamine; D000117:Acetylglucosamine