The structure of the Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strain CF3 capsular polysaccharide has been investigated mainly by sugar and methylation analyses, Smith degradation, NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The results indicate that the polysaccharide is composed of pentasaccharide repeating units having the following structure: →4)-[β-D-Glcp-(1→2)-]-β-L-Altp-(1→4)-β-D-Glcp-(1→3)-4-O-[(R)-1-carboxyethyl]-β- D-Glcp-(1→4)-6-O-[(R)-1-carboxyethyl]-α-D-Galp-(1→
Bacterial polysaccharide, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, (1-carboxyethyl)-galactose, (1-carboxyethyl)-glucose, L-altrose
NCBI PubMed ID: 9232840Publication DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(97)00097-9Journal NLM ID: 0043535Publisher: Elsevier
Institutions: Catedra de Farmacognosia y Productos Naturales, Facultad de Quimica, Montevideo, Uruguay, Departement of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, National Center for Argicultural Utilization Research, Agricultural Research Service, US Departement of Agriculture, Peoria, IL, USA, Glycomed Incorporated, Alameda, USA
Methods: methylation, NMR-2D, NMR, sugar analysis, carboxyl reduction, Smith degradation