The capsular polymer of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype 6 (ATCC 33590) was investigated by methylation, dephosphorylation, partial hydrolysis, and 1H- and 13C-n.m.r. methods. It was found to be a high-molecular-weight polymer composed of triglycosylglycerol phosphate repeating-units joined through monophosphate diester linkages, and has the structure: [formula; see text].
Publication DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(88)84084-9Journal NLM ID: 0043535Publisher: Elsevier
Institutions: Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa K1A OR6 Canada
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, methylation, GLC-MS, gel filtration, NMR-2D, sugar analysis, ion-exchange chromatography, HF treatment, optical rotation measurement