Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Associated disease: infection due to Escherichia coli [ICD11:
XN6P4 
]
The structure was elucidated in this paperNCBI PubMed ID: 2189554Publication DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(90)84142-hJournal NLM ID: 0043535Publisher: Elsevier
Institutions: Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg-Zähringen, F.R.G.
The K16-antigen from E. coli Rk 21510 (O7:K16:H-) is shown to consist of the repeating unit →2)-β-D-Ribf-(1→3)-β-D-Ribf-(1→5)-α-Kdop-(2→ of which approximately 33% is O-acetylated at position 3 of the 2-linked ribose.
Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
Location inside paper: p.201, structure 2
Compound class: K-antigen
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130650,IEDB_149136
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, periodate oxidation, GLC-MS, deacetylation, methylation (Hakomori method)
Comments, role: E. coli RK 21510 (07:K16:H6)
Related record ID(s): 2621, 2622, 2623
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 562Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G68954IN, GlycomeDB:
5901
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There is only one chemically distinct structure: