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: p.177, fig.5
Compound class: 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
Comments, role: O-deacylated polysaccharide
Related record ID(s): 30057, 30237, 30238
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 562Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G79899UZ
Show glycosyltransferases
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 65.53 78.12 62.13
3,3,4 P
3,3,2 Ac 175.15 23.46
3,3,3 aDGlcp 100.00 72.52 73.36 69.89 73.13 60.99
3,3 bDGlcpN 101.28 55.53 79.67 74.92 75.80 61.35
3 bDGalf 109.08 80.76 85.36 82.53 71.29 63.85
2 Ac 175.05 22.98
aDGlcpN 97.91 53.92 78.59 69.19 73.12 61.48
1H NMR data:
Linkage Residue H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6
3,3,4,0 xRGro 4.036-4.084 3.931 3.771
3,3,4 P
3,3,2 Ac - 2.077
3,3,3 aDGlcp 5.329 3.495 3.693 3.457 3.638 3.813
3,3 bDGlcpN 4.701 3.818 3.969 4.222 3.588 3.830-3.919
3 bDGalf 5.076 4.031 4.205 4.181 3.915 3.656-3.688
2 Ac - 2.103
aDGlcpN 5.043 4.081 3.852 3.493 3.878 3.811-3.870
1H/13C HSQC data:
Linkage Residue C1/H1 C2/H2 C3/H3 C4/H4 C5/H5 C6/H6
3,3,4,0 xRGro 65.53/4.036-4.084 78.12/3.931 62.13/3.771
3,3,4 P
3,3,2 Ac 23.46/2.077
3,3,3 aDGlcp 100.00/5.329 72.52/3.495 73.36/3.693 69.89/3.457 73.13/3.638 60.99/3.813
3,3 bDGlcpN 101.28/4.701 55.53/3.818 79.67/3.969 74.92/4.222 75.80/3.588 61.35/3.830-3.919
3 bDGalf 109.08/5.076 80.76/4.031 85.36/4.205 82.53/4.181 71.29/3.915 63.85/3.656-3.688
2 Ac 22.98/2.103
aDGlcpN 97.91/5.043 53.92/4.081 78.59/3.852 69.19/3.493 73.12/3.878 61.48/3.811-3.870
1H NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 |
| 3,3,4,0 | xRGro | 4.036 4.084 | 3.931 | 3.771 | |
| 3,3,4 | P | |
| 3,3,2 | Ac |
| 2.077 | |
| 3,3,3 | aDGlcp | 5.329 | 3.495 | 3.693 | 3.457 | 3.638 | 3.813 |
| 3,3 | bDGlcpN | 4.701 | 3.818 | 3.969 | 4.222 | 3.588 | 3.830 3.919 |
| 3 | bDGalf | 5.076 | 4.031 | 4.205 | 4.181 | 3.915 | 3.656 3.688 |
| 2 | Ac |
| 2.103 | |
| | aDGlcpN | 5.043 | 4.081 | 3.852 | 3.493 | 3.878 | 3.811 3.870 |
|
13C NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 |
| 3,3,4,0 | xRGro | 65.53 | 78.12 | 62.13 | |
| 3,3,4 | P | |
| 3,3,2 | Ac | 175.15 | 23.46 | |
| 3,3,3 | aDGlcp | 100.00 | 72.52 | 73.36 | 69.89 | 73.13 | 60.99 |
| 3,3 | bDGlcpN | 101.28 | 55.53 | 79.67 | 74.92 | 75.80 | 61.35 |
| 3 | bDGalf | 109.08 | 80.76 | 85.36 | 82.53 | 71.29 | 63.85 |
| 2 | Ac | 175.05 | 22.98 | |
| | aDGlcpN | 97.91 | 53.92 | 78.59 | 69.19 | 73.12 | 61.48 |
|
There is only one chemically distinct structure: