Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Host organism: Homo sapiens
Associated disease: infection due to Acinetobacter baumannii [ICD11:
XN8LS 
]
The structure was elucidated in this paperNCBI PubMed ID: 26057991Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2015.05.003Journal NLM ID: 0043535Publisher: Elsevier
Correspondence: Y.A. Knirel <yknirel

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Institutions: N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, State Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Moscow Region, Russia, M. M. Shemyakin and Y. A. Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, School of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, Russia
Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) was isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii NIPH146, and the following structure of branched pentasaccharide repeating unit was established by sugar analyses along with 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy: In comparison to most other known capsular polysaccharides of A. baumannii, the CPS studied is neutral and lacks any specific monosaccharide component. The synthesis, assembly and export of this structure could be attributed to genes in a novel capsule biosynthesis gene cluster, designated KL37, which was found in the NIPH146 genome. The CPS of A. baumannii NIPH146 shares the α-d-Galp-(1→6)-β-d-Glcp-(1→3)-d-GalpNAc-(1→ trisaccharide fragment with the CPS units of several A. baumannii strains, including ATCC 17978 and LUH 5537 that carry the KL3 and KL22 gene clusters, respectively. KL37 contains two genes for glycosyltransferases that are related to two glycosyltransferase genes present in both KL3 and KL22, and the encoded proteins could be tentatively assigned to linkages between sugars in the CPS repeat.
Acinetobacter baumannii, capsular polysaccharide structure, glycosyltransferase, K locus, KL37 gene cluster
Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
Location inside paper: abstract, p.14, chart 1 (top)
Compound class: CPS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_130648,IEDB_136906,IEDB_137472,IEDB_137473,IEDB_140529,IEDB_141794,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146664,IEDB_151528,IEDB_167069,IEDB_190606,IEDB_983931,SB_192,SB_25,SB_7
Methods: 13C NMR, 1H NMR, NMR-2D, sugar analysis, acid hydrolysis, GLC, NMR-1D, bioinformatic analysis
Biosynthesis and genetic data: genetic data
Related record ID(s): 30915
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 1217639Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G71656OE
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NMR conditions: in D2O at 293 K
[as TSV]
13C NMR data:
Linkage Residue C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
3,6,4,2 Ac 175.8-175.9 23.7
3,6,4,6 bDGlcp 104.0 74.3 77.0 71.0 77.1 62.1
3,6,4 bDGalpN 102.9 53.6 72.2 80.9 74.7 70.2
3,6 aDGalp 99.6 68.8 69.1 77.4 71.4 62.1
3 bDGlcp 105.5 74.3 77.0 70.3 75.5 66.7
2 Ac 175.8-175.9 23.7
bDGalpN 104.4 52.8 81.7 69.2 75.8 62.5
1H NMR data:
Linkage Residue H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6
3,6,4,2 Ac - 2.03-2.07
3,6,4,6 bDGlcp 4.48 3.29 3.48 3.39 3.45 3.72-3.92
3,6,4 bDGalpN 4.91 3.91 3.77 3.91 3.83 3.90-4.06
3,6 aDGalp 4.96 3.74 3.94 4.36 3.94 3.81-3.81
3 bDGlcp 4.53 3.31 3.47 3.60 3.60 3.72-4.01
2 Ac - 2.03-2.07
bDGalpN 4.67 4.12 3.85 4.15 3.70 3.81
1H/13C HSQC data:
Linkage Residue C1/H1 C2/H2 C3/H3 C4/H4 C5/H5 C6/H6
3,6,4,2 Ac 23.7/2.03-2.07
3,6,4,6 bDGlcp 104.0/4.48 74.3/3.29 77.0/3.48 71.0/3.39 77.1/3.45 62.1/3.72-3.92
3,6,4 bDGalpN 102.9/4.91 53.6/3.91 72.2/3.77 80.9/3.91 74.7/3.83 70.2/3.90-4.06
3,6 aDGalp 99.6/4.96 68.8/3.74 69.1/3.94 77.4/4.36 71.4/3.94 62.1/3.81-3.81
3 bDGlcp 105.5/4.53 74.3/3.31 77.0/3.47 70.3/3.60 75.5/3.60 66.7/3.72-4.01
2 Ac 23.7/2.03-2.07
bDGalpN 104.4/4.67 52.8/4.12 81.7/3.85 69.2/4.15 75.8/3.70 62.5/3.81
1H NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | H1 | H2 | H3 | H4 | H5 | H6 |
| 3,6,4,2 | Ac |
| 2.03 2.07 | |
| 3,6,4,6 | bDGlcp | 4.48 | 3.29 | 3.48 | 3.39 | 3.45 | 3.72 3.92 |
| 3,6,4 | bDGalpN | 4.91 | 3.91 | 3.77 | 3.91 | 3.83 | 3.90 4.06 |
| 3,6 | aDGalp | 4.96 | 3.74 | 3.94 | 4.36 | 3.94 | 3.81 3.81 |
| 3 | bDGlcp | 4.53 | 3.31 | 3.47 | 3.60 | 3.60 | 3.72 4.01 |
| 2 | Ac |
| 2.03 2.07 | |
| | bDGalpN | 4.67 | 4.12 | 3.85 | 4.15 | 3.70 | 3.81 |
|
13C NMR data:
| Linkage | Residue | C1 | C2 | C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 |
| 3,6,4,2 | Ac | 175.8 175.9 | 23.7 | |
| 3,6,4,6 | bDGlcp | 104.0 | 74.3 | 77.0 | 71.0 | 77.1 | 62.1 |
| 3,6,4 | bDGalpN | 102.9 | 53.6 | 72.2 | 80.9 | 74.7 | 70.2 |
| 3,6 | aDGalp | 99.6 | 68.8 | 69.1 | 77.4 | 71.4 | 62.1 |
| 3 | bDGlcp | 105.5 | 74.3 | 77.0 | 70.3 | 75.5 | 66.7 |
| 2 | Ac | 175.8 175.9 | 23.7 | |
| | bDGalpN | 104.4 | 52.8 | 81.7 | 69.2 | 75.8 | 62.5 |
|
There is only one chemically distinct structure: