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Neutral capsular polysaccharides (CPSs) were isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii NIPH190, NIPH201, and NIPH615. The CPSs were found to contain common monosaccharides only and to be branched with a side-chain 1→3-linked β-d-glucopyranose residue. Structures of the oligosaccharide repeat units (K units) of the CPSs were elucidated by 1D and 2D 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Novel CPS biosynthesis gene clusters, designated KL30, KL45, and KL48, were found at the K locus in the genome sequences of NIPH190, NIPH201, and NIPH615, respectively. The genetic content of each gene cluster correlated with the structure of the CPS unit established, and therefore, the capsular types of the strains studied were designated as K30, K45, and K48, respectively. The initiating sugar of each K unit was predicted, and glycosyltransferases encoded by each gene cluster were assigned to the formation of the linkages between sugars in the corresponding K unit.

Acinetobacter baumannii, capsular polysaccharide structure, glycosyltransferase, K locus, polysaccharide gene cluster

NCBI PubMed ID: 26432612
Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.09.004
Journal NLM ID: 0043535
Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: Y.A. Knirel
Institutions: N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, M. M. Shemyakin & Y. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russia, School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, sugar analysis, GLC, de-O-acetylation, NMR-1D, GPC, extraction, bioinformatic analysis

The emergence of multidrug-resistance Acinetobacter baumannii requires novel approaches for prevention, treatment and diagnosis. The structures of surface polysaccharides from A. baumannii are valuable tools to understand pathogenesis, virulence and immunogenicity. The synthesis of bacterial mono- or polysaccharides may result in novel probes to become important therapeutic options in the fight against A. baumannii. This report exemplifies the relevance of glycochemistry for the development of new antibiotics.

lipopolysaccharides, capsular polysaccharides, Acinetobacter, Acinetobacter baumannii, polysaccharide synthesis, surface polysaccharides

NCBI PubMed ID: 26531136
Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.10.001
Journal NLM ID: 0043535
Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: denis.giguere@chm.ulaval.ca
Institutions: Département de Chimie, Université Laval, Québec City, Québec, Canada G1V 0A6

Capsular polysaccharides were recovered from four Acinetobacter baumannii isolates, and the following related structures of oligosaccharide repeating units were established by sugar analyses along with 1D and 2D 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy: NIPH 60 and LUH5544 (K43) NIPH 601 (K47) The K locus for capsule biosynthesis in the genome sequences available for NIPH 60 and LUH5544, designated KL43, was found to be related to gene clusters KL47 in NIPH 601 and KL88 in LUH5548. The three clusters share most gene content differing in only a small portion that includes an additional glycosyltransferase genes in KL47 and KL88, as well as genes encoding distinct Wzy polymerases that were found to form the same α-d-GlcpNAc-(1→6)-α-d-GlcpNAc linkage in K43 and K47.

capsular polysaccharide, Acinetobacter baumannii, glycosyltransferase, Wzy polymerase, K locus

Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2016.10.007
Journal NLM ID: 0043535
Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: yknirel@gmail.com
Institutions: State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russia, School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia, M.M. Shemyakin & Y.A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russi, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, sugar analysis, chemical analysis, acid hydrolysis, GLC, NMR-1D, bioinformatic analysis

Bacterial extracellular polysaccharides are known as a cell-bound capsule, a sheath, or a slime, which is excreted into the environment. They play an important role in virulence of medical bacteria and plant-to-symbiont interaction and are used for serotyping of bacteria and production of vaccines. Some exopolysaccharides have commercial applications in industry, and claims of health benefits have been documented for an increasing number of them. Exopolysaccharides have diverse composition and structure, and some contain sugar and non-sugar components that are found in bacterial carbohydrates only. The present article provides an updated collection of the data on exopolysaccharides of various classes of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria reported until the end of 2019. When known, biosynthesis pathways of exopolysaccharides are treated in a summary manner. References are made to structure and biosynthesis relatedness between exopolysaccharides of different bacterial taxa as well as between bacterial polysaccharides and mammalian glycosaminoglycans.

polysaccharide structure, Gram-negative bacteria, capsule, Biofilm, polysaccharide biosynthesis, gram-positive bacteria, Monosaccharide composition, Bacterial exopolysaccharide, non-sugar component

Publication DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819475-1.00005-5
Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: marie-rose.vancalsteren@canada.ca; yknirel@gmail.com
Editors: Barchi J, Kamerling H
Institutions: N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, Saint-Hyacinthe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada