Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) consist of three regions, i.e. the lipid A, the core region, and the O-specific polysaccharide. The core region and the lipid A represent a common structural unit occurring in all LPS. The structures of the core region of various bacteria have been investigated intensively for the past ten years, and several core regions containing D-glycero-D-manno-heptose which is the biosynthetic precursor of the common core constituent L-glycero-D-manno-heptose have been identified. In this review, these core structures are summarized and briefly discussed.
Lipopolysaccharide, lipopolysaccharides, core, D-glycero-D-manno-heptose, composition, occurrence
Journal NLM ID: 7901356WWW link: http://www.ichf.edu.pl/pjch/pj-1999/pj0799.htm#1055Publisher: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
Institutions: Research Center Borstel, Center for Medicine and Biosciences, 23845 Borstel, Germany