Gilbert M, Mandrell RE, Parker CT, Li J, Vinogradov E Structural analysis of the capsular polysaccharide from Campylobacter jejuni RM1221 Chembiochem: a European Journal of Chemical Biology8(6) (2007)
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The structure was elucidated in this paper NCBI PubMed ID:17335095 Publication DOI:10.1002/cbic.200600508 Journal NLM ID:100937360 Publisher: Weinheim, Germany: Wiley Interscience Correspondence: evguenii.vinogradovnrc.ca Institutions: Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, K1A 0R6, Canada
The complete genome of Campylobacter jejuni strain RM1221 (Penner serotype HS:53) was reported recently and contains a novel capsular polysaccharide (CPS) biosynthesis locus. Cell-surface carbohydrates such as CPS are known to be important for bacterial survival and often contribute to pathogenesis. In this study, we describe the complete structure of the CPS of C. jejuni RM1221, which was determined by using NMR spectroscopy, MS, and chemical methods. The CPS contains 6-deoxy-D-manno-heptose and D-threo-pent-2-ulose (D-xylulose), two monosaccharides that are rarely found in bacterial polysaccharides. The CPS has a regular structure of a linear main chain of trisaccharide repeating units, composed of two α- and one β-6-deoxy-D-manno-heptopyranose residues, which are linked through a phosphodiester linkage. Branching residues of xylulose are incorporated nonstoichiometrically: each trisaccharide repeating unit of the main chain bears no, one, or two xylulose residues. The xylulose glycosidic linkages are extremely acid labile, and it is not clear how they can be preserved under the acidic conditions of the gastrointestinal tract, where Campylobacter resides during infection. We have also shown that the CPS biosynthesis genes of C. jejuni RM1221 are conserved in other C. jejuni strains of the Penner serotype HS:53, including serotype HS:53 reference strain RM3435
Methods: 13C NMR, methylation, NMR-2D, HF solvolysis, sugar analysis, 31P NMR, mild acid hydrolysis, NMR-1D, genetic methods, CE-ESI-MS Biosynthesis and genetic data: genetic data Comments, role: mild acid hydrolysis of the CPS. 1H and 13C NMR data shown for aD6dmanHep? residue. NMRH for #0_bD6dmanHep? 4.87 4.08 3.72 3.57 3.42 1.71 3.7-3.8 // NMRC for #_bD6dmanHep? 4.9 72.2 81.3 71.2 73.9 34.5 59.6//
Related record ID(s): 21572, 21968, 21969 NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs):195099 Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G59800TQ, GlycomeDB:35015 Show glycosyltransferases