Perepelov AV, Filatov AV, Wang Q, L'vov VL, Quan Y, Shashkov AS, Wang L, Knirel YA Structure elucidation and gene cluster annotation of the O-antigen of Escherichia coli O39; application of anhydrous trifluoroacetic acid for selective cleavage of glycosidic linkages Carbohydrate Research388 (2014)
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The structure was elucidated in this paper NCBI PubMed ID:24607538 Publication DOI:10.1016/j.carres.2014.02.013 Journal NLM ID:0043535 Publisher: Elsevier Correspondence: A.V. Perepelov <perepelioc.ac.ru> Institutions: N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin, China, Institute of Immunology, Federal Medical-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia
O-Polysaccharide (O-antigen) accompanied by a minor mannan was isolated from the lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli O39 and studied by component analyses, methylation, Smith degradation, mass spectrometry, and 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. In addition, a new approach, solvolysis with anhydrous trifluoroacetic acid, was applied to cleave selectively the rhamnosidic linkage. The following structure of the O-polysaccharide was established: →3)-β-D-Quip4N(R3Hb)-(1→2)[α-D-Galp(l→3)]-α-D-Manp-(l→4)-α-L-Rhap-(1→3)-α-D-GlcpNAc-(1→ where D-Qui4N(R3Hb) indicates 4,6-dideoxy-4-[(R)-3-hydroxybutanoylamino]-D-glucose. The O-antigen gene cluster of E. coli O39 has been sequenced. The gene functions were tentatively assigned by a comparison with sequences in the available databases and found to be in agreement with the O-polysaccharide structure.