Taxonomic group: bacteria / Proteobacteria
(Phylum: Proteobacteria)
Host organism: Xenopsylla cheopis; Homo sapiens
Associated disease: endemic typhus (rickettsiosis) [ICD11:
1C30.2 
, ICD11:
XN2AR ];
infection due to Rickettsia typhi [ICD11:
XN2AR ]
The structure was elucidated in this paperNCBI PubMed ID: 16481524Publication DOI: 10.1196/annals.1355.041Journal NLM ID: 7506858Publisher: New York Academy of Sciences
Correspondence: Toman R <virutoma
savba.sk>
Institutions: Laboratory for Diagnosis and Prevention of Rickettsial and Chlamydial Infections, Institute of Virology, SAS, Bratislava, Slovakia
Rickettsia typhi causes endemic typhus, a relatively mild, acute febrile illness characterized by headache and macular rash. It is maintained in rodents and transmitted to humans by flea Xenopsylla cheopis. R. typhi contains a lipopolysaccharide thought to display a noticeable antigenic activity. We examined its structural features and it appears that the O-specific chain of the R. typhi LPS is composed mainly of the alternating Glc and QuiNAc residues linked by 1→4 bonds
Lipopolysaccharide, structure, composition, Rickettsia typhi, endemic typhus
Structure type: structural motif or average structure ; 1455
Location inside paper: p. 260, paragraph 1
Compound class: O-polysaccharide
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_135813,IEDB_137340,IEDB_141807,IEDB_142488,IEDB_144998,IEDB_146664,IEDB_151531,IEDB_153212,IEDB_983931,SB_192,SB_74,SB_85
Methods: GC-MS, SDS-PAGE, ESI-MS, acid hydrolysis, GC, colorimetry
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 785Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G81254AG
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There is only one chemically distinct structure:
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