Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Associated disease: infection due to Escherichia coli [ICD11:
XN6P4 
]
The structure was elucidated in this paperNCBI PubMed ID: 338590Journal NLM ID: 2985120RPublisher: American Society for Microbiology
The Escherichia coli K42 capsular polysaccharide consists of →3)-α-D-Galp-(1→3)-α-D-GalUAp-(1→3)-α-L-Fucp-(1→ repeating units. The E. coli K42 and Klebsiella K63 antigens are serologically identical.
Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
Compound class: CPS, K-antigen
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_136045,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137472,IEDB_141794,IEDB_142489,IEDB_144562,IEDB_151528,IEDB_152214,IEDB_174333,IEDB_190606,SB_7,SB_86
Related record ID(s): 113408, 113470
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 562Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G85681KI, GlycomeDB:
34824
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There is only one chemically distinct structure: