title: The structure of the polysaccharide isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii strain LAC-4.
abstract: The structure of the surface polysaccharide from a hypervirulent for mice Acinetobacter baumannii strain LAC-4 was studied. The polysaccharide was built of trisaccharide repeating units containing α-l-fucosamine, α-d-glucosamine, and α-8-epi-legionaminic acid. The structure interpretation was based mostly on NMR data. Polysaccharide was obtained using a procedure of LPS O-chain preparation, although whether it is an LPS O-chain or capsular polysaccharide remained unclear.
authors.affiliation: Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada. Electronic address: evguenii.vinogradov@nrc.ca.
authors.forename: Evgeny
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vinogradov
authors.affiliation: Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada. Electronic address: leann.maclean@nrc.ca.
authors.forename: Leann
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Maclean
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, 5151 State University Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90032-8201, USA. Electronic address: hxu3@calstatela.edu.
authors.forename: H Howard
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada. Electronic address: wangxue.chen@nrc.ca.
authors.forename: Wangxue
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000737:chemistry*; D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D014312:Trisaccharides
keywords: Acinetobacter; Acinetobacter baumannii; LPS; NMR; O-Polysaccharide; Structure