Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Associated disease: infection due to Escherichia coli [ICD11:
XN6P4 
]
The structure was elucidated in this paperPublication DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)88251-9Journal NLM ID: 2984819RPublisher: Elsevier
Institutions: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560, Japan
The structure of the lipid A component of E. coli lippopolysaccharide was determined by means of chemical and 2D-NMR methods unequivocally to be a glucosamine β(1′-6)-disaccharide 1,4′-diphosphate acylated at the two hydroxyl (positions C-3 and −3′) and the two amino groups.
Structure type: oligomer
Location inside paper: 1
Compound class: lipid A
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_135394,IEDB_135515,IEDB_141807,IEDB_151531,IEDB_176772,IEDB_534864
Comments, role: Lipopolysaccharide, glycolipid; approx. one Lau and one Myr per molecule
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 1010796,
562
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There is only one chemically distinct structure:
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