title: Structural determination of the O-antigenic polysaccharide of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli O103:H2.
abstract: The structure of the antigenic O-polysaccharide isolated from the lipopolysaccharide produced by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O103:H2 was determined and shown to be composed of d-glucose (1 part), 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-glucose (2 parts), 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-d-galactose (1 part), and 3-deoxy-3-(R)-3-hydroxybutyramido-d-fucose (1 part). From the results of methylation analysis, Smith-type periodate oxidation degradation studies, and the use of one- and two-dimensional (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, the O-polysaccharide antigen was found to be an unbranched polymer of a repeating pentasaccharide unit having the following structure: -->2)-Beta-d-Glcp-(1-->2)-Beta-d-Fucp3NBu-(1-->6)-alpha-d-GlcpNAc-(1-->4)-alpha-d-GalpNAc-(1-->3)-Beta-d-GlcpNAc-(1-->,where Bu is (R)-3-hydroxybutyramido.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0R6, Canada.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
authors.forename: Leann L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Maclean
authors.forename: Malcolm B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D054308:Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019081:O Antigens