Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Associated disease: infection due to Escherichia coli [ICD11:
XN6P4 
]
The structure was elucidated in this paperNCBI PubMed ID: 24909379Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2014.05.003Journal NLM ID: 0043535Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: G. Widmalm <gw

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Institutions: Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
The structure of the O-antigen polysaccharide (PS) from Escherichia coli O42 has been investigated by NMR spectroscopy as the main method, which was complemented with sugar analysis, mass spectrometry, and analysis of biosynthetic information. The O-specific chain of the O-deacylated lipopolysaccharide (LPS-OH) consists of branched tetrasaccharide-glycerol repeating units joined by phosphodiester linkages. The lipid-free polysaccharide contains 0.8equiv of O-acetyl groups per repeating unit and has the following teichoic acid-like structure: Based on biosynthetic aspects, this should also be the biological repeating unit. This O-antigen structure is remarkably similar to that of E. coli O28ac, differing only in the presence or absence, respectively, of a glucose residue at the branching point. The structural similarity explains the serological cross-reactivity observed between strains of these two serogroups, and also their almost identical O-antigen gene cluster sequences.
NMR, O-antigen, Escherichia coli, O-acetylation
Structure type: polymer biological repeating unit
Location inside paper: abstract, p.179, fig.6
Compound class: O-polysaccharide, O-antigen
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130695,IEDB_135813,IEDB_136095,IEDB_137340,IEDB_137472,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144998,IEDB_146664,IEDB_151531,IEDB_190606,IEDB_983931,SB_192
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, HF solvolysis, de-O-acylation, sugar analysis, 31P NMR, ESI-MS, acid hydrolysis, GLC, NMR-1D
Related record ID(s): 30236, 30237, 30238
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 562Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G65749DW
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NMR conditions: in D2O at 315 K
[as TSV]
13C NMR data:
Linkage Residue C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
3,3,4,0 xRGro 65.55 78.17 62.11
3,3,4 P
3,3,2 Ac 175.09 23.52
3,3,3 aDGlcp 100.01 72.52 73.35 69.88 73.13 60.97
3,3 bDGlcpN 100.99 55.45 79.70 74.87 75.80 61.33
3,2 Ac 173.41 21.06
3 bDGalf 106.81 82.47 83.40 83.30 71.11 63.86
2 Ac 174.82 22.97
aDGlcpN 97.93 53.98 77.98 69.10 73.15 61.46
1H NMR data:
Linkage Residue H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6
3,3,4,0 xRGro 4.030-4.074 3.920 3.766
3,3,4 P
3,3,2 Ac - 2.081
3,3,3 aDGlcp 5.320 3.491 3.691 3.456 3.636 3.810
3,3 bDGlcpN 4.740 3.808 3.970 4.209 3.550 3.808-3.897
3,2 Ac - 2.147
3 bDGalf 5.224 4.861 4.349 4.269 3.933 3.660-3.684
2 Ac - 2.060
aDGlcpN 5.021 4.067 3.870 3.482 3.869 3.816-3.859
1H/13C HSQC data:
Linkage Residue C1/H1 C2/H2 C3/H3 C4/H4 C5/H5 C6/H6
3,3,4,0 xRGro 65.55/4.030-4.074 78.17/3.920 62.11/3.766
3,3,4 P
3,3,2 Ac 23.52/2.081
3,3,3 aDGlcp 100.01/5.320 72.52/3.491 73.35/3.691 69.88/3.456 73.13/3.636 60.97/3.810
3,3 bDGlcpN 100.99/4.740 55.45/3.808 79.70/3.970 74.87/4.209 75.80/3.550 61.33/3.808-3.897
3,2 Ac 21.06/2.147
3 bDGalf 106.81/5.224 82.47/4.861 83.40/4.349 83.30/4.269 71.11/3.933 63.86/3.660-3.684
2 Ac 22.97/2.060
aDGlcpN 97.93/5.021 53.98/4.067 77.98/3.870 69.10/3.482 73.15/3.869 61.46/3.816-3.859
1H NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 |
| 3,3,4,0 | xRGro | 4.030 4.074 | 3.920 | 3.766 | |
| 3,3,4 | P | |
| 3,3,2 | Ac |
| 2.081 | |
| 3,3,3 | aDGlcp | 5.320 | 3.491 | 3.691 | 3.456 | 3.636 | 3.810 |
| 3,3 | bDGlcpN | 4.740 | 3.808 | 3.970 | 4.209 | 3.550 | 3.808 3.897 |
| 3,2 | Ac |
| 2.147 | |
| 3 | bDGalf | 5.224 | 4.861 | 4.349 | 4.269 | 3.933 | 3.660 3.684 |
| 2 | Ac |
| 2.060 | |
| | aDGlcpN | 5.021 | 4.067 | 3.870 | 3.482 | 3.869 | 3.816 3.859 |
|
13C NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 |
| 3,3,4,0 | xRGro | 65.55 | 78.17 | 62.11 | |
| 3,3,4 | P | |
| 3,3,2 | Ac | 175.09 | 23.52 | |
| 3,3,3 | aDGlcp | 100.01 | 72.52 | 73.35 | 69.88 | 73.13 | 60.97 |
| 3,3 | bDGlcpN | 100.99 | 55.45 | 79.70 | 74.87 | 75.80 | 61.33 |
| 3,2 | Ac | 173.41 | 21.06 | |
| 3 | bDGalf | 106.81 | 82.47 | 83.40 | 83.30 | 71.11 | 63.86 |
| 2 | Ac | 174.82 | 22.97 | |
| | aDGlcpN | 97.93 | 53.98 | 77.98 | 69.10 | 73.15 | 61.46 |
|
There is only one chemically distinct structure: