Ravenscroft N, Dabrowski J, Romanowska E Structural elucidation of the biological repeating unit of O-specific polysaccharide from Citrobacter serotype O41 European Journal of Biochemistry229 (1995)
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The structure was elucidated in this paper NCBI PubMed ID:7744044 Publication DOI:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.0299l.x Journal NLM ID:0107600 Publisher: Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies Institutions: Max-Planck-Institut fur Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany
Sugar analysis of the O-specific polysaccharide produced by Citrobacter serotype O41 revealed the presence of a hexasaccharide repeating unit, which includes the unusual 3-amino-N-(D-3'-hydroxybutyryl)-3,6-dideoxy-D-galactosyl residue (Fuc3NAcyl). The structure of the repeating unit was determined by extensive use of homo- and heteronuclear two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, including the application of long-range 1H-13C correlation experiments and NOE studies to establish the sequence of sugar units. Indentification of the Glc β1→2 Fuc3NAcyl β1→6 GlcNAc α1→ sequence at the non-reducing terminus establishes the biological repeating unit of this O-specific polysaccharide as: →2 Glc β1→ Fuc3NAcyl β1→6 GlcNAc α1→ (Glc α1→2) 4Gal β1→3 GalNAc β1→. This structure is similar to that found for the O-specific polysaccharide isolated from Hafnia alvei strain 1211 [Katzenellenbogen, E., Romanowska, E., Dabrowski, U. & Dabrowski, J. (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 200, 401-407], which differs in having an acetyl substituent at O4 of the Fuc3NAcyl residue and a branch point of GalNAc α substituted by Glc β at O3; these differences are responsible for the only weak serological cross-reactivity of the two strains.