Z. Kaczyński <zbyszek
Center for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg i. Br., Germany
Wall teichoic acid (WTA) was isolated from Enterococcus faecalis 12030, a clinical isolate and biofilm-producing strain, and analyzed using compositional chemical methods, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The repeating units of WTA were composed of D-glucose, D-galactose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose, D-ribitol, and phosphate in a molar ratio 1:2:1:1:1:1, and had the structure given below.
13C NMR, 1H NMR, sugar analysis, 31P NMR, ESI-MS, GLC, chemical methods, GPC, HF treatment
13C NMR data:
Linkage Residue C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
0,1,3,6,3 bDGalp 106.07 71.94 73.78 69.48 74.68 65.34
0,1,3,6,2 Ac
0,1,3,6 bDGalpN 103.14 52.51 81.03 69.65 76.38 62.37
0,1,3,2 Ac
0,1,3 aDGlcpN 95.17 54.73 72.54 71.08 71.91 69.12
0,1,6 aDGlcp 99.38 72.87 74.42 70.90 73.16 61.88
0,1 bDGalp 104.20 70.73 78.29 66.18 74.22 68.12
0 xDRib-ol 71.93 72.08 72.98 72.38 67.87
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1H NMR data:
Linkage Residue H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6
0,1,3,6,3 bDGalp 4.488 3.547 3.649 3.993 3.836 4.025-4.025
0,1,3,6,2 Ac - 2.075
0,1,3,6 bDGalpN 4.544 4.057 3.924 4.228 3.677 3.746-3.810
0,1,3,2 Ac - 2.087
0,1,3 aDGlcpN 5.037 3.937 3.834 3.542 4.055 3.850-4.104
0,1,6 aDGlcp 4.973 3.571 3.728 3.436 3.765 3.779-3.870
0,1 bDGalp 4.496 3.662 3.714 4.088 3.920 3.774-3.953
0 xDRib-ol 3.939-3.939 3.971 3.921 3.843 3.981-4.082
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1H/13C HSQC data:
Linkage Residue C1/H1 C2/H2 C3/H3 C4/H4 C5/H5 C6/H6
0,1,3,6,3 bDGalp 106.07/4.488 71.94/3.547 73.78/3.649 69.48/3.993 74.68/3.836 65.34/4.025-4.025
0,1,3,6,2 Ac NMR TSV error 2: unequal length of 13C and 1H datasets
0,1,3,6 bDGalpN 103.14/4.544 52.51/4.057 81.03/3.924 69.65/4.228 76.38/3.677 62.37/3.746-3.810
0,1,3,2 Ac NMR TSV error 2: unequal length of 13C and 1H datasets
0,1,3 aDGlcpN 95.17/5.037 54.73/3.937 72.54/3.834 71.08/3.542 71.91/4.055 69.12/3.850-4.104
0,1,6 aDGlcp 99.38/4.973 72.87/3.571 74.42/3.728 70.90/3.436 73.16/3.765 61.88/3.779-3.870
0,1 bDGalp 104.20/4.496 70.73/3.662 78.29/3.714 66.18/4.088 74.22/3.920 68.12/3.774-3.953
0 xDRib-ol 71.93/3.939-3.939 72.08/3.971 72.98/3.921 72.38/3.843 67.87/3.981-4.082
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