Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Associated disease: infection due to Campylobacter jejuni [ICD11:
XN4Q5 
]
The structure was elucidated in this paperPublication DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00177.xJournal NLM ID: 7705721Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Correspondence: anthony.moran
nuigalway.ie
Institutions: Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of gastroenteritis in humans. Campylobacter jejuni produces extracellular polysaccharides that have been characterized structurally and shown to be independent of lipopolysaccharides. Furthermore, it has been suggested that these C. jejuni polysaccharides are capsular in nature, although their lipid anchor has not been identified. In this report, the occurrence of a lipid-linked capsular-like polysaccharide in C. jejuni is conclusively shown, and the lipid anchor identified as dipalmitoyl-glycerophosphate.
polysaccharide, Campylobacter jejuni, lipid anchor
Structure type: monomer
Location inside paper: p.233, fig.6
Compound class: lipid anchor
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_1068707,IEDB_141181,IEDB_969162
Methods: GLC-MS, HF solvolysis, SDS-PAGE, TLC, enzymatic hydrolysis, acid hydrolysis, GLC, Western blotting, methanolysis, alkaline hydrolysis, permethylation
Comments, role: SUG = attachment site of the CPS
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 354242
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There is only one chemically distinct structure:
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(later renamed to: Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni 81-176)