In the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotyping scheme, 21 serotypes are present originating from about 30 different O-factors distributed within the species. With regard to the chemical structures of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) and the genetic basis of their biosynthesis, a number, but not all, of Y. pseudotuberculosis strains representing different serotypes have been investigated. In order to present an overall picture of the relationship between genetics and structures, we have been working on the genetics and structures of various Y. pseudotuberculosis O-specific polysaccharides (OPSs). Here, we present a structural and genetic analysis of the Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11 OPS. Our results showed that this OPS structure has the same backbone as that of Y. pseudotuberculosis O:1b, but with a 6d-L-Altf side-branch instead of Parf. The 30 end of the gene cluster is the same as that for O:1b and has the genes for synthesis of the backbone and for processing the completed repeat unit. The 50 end has genes for synthesis of 6d-L-Altf and its transfer to the repeating unit backbone. The pathway for the synthesis of the 6d-L-Altf appears to be different from that for 6d-L-Altp in Y. enterocolitica O:3. The chemical structure of the O:11 repeating unit is

The O-specific polysaccharide structure and biosynthetic gene cluster of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11 / M. M., Cunneen; DE CASTRO, Cristina; J., Kenyon; Parrilli, Michelangelo; P. R., Reeves; Molinaro, Antonio; O., Holst; M., Skurnik. - In: CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0008-6215. - ELETTRONICO. - 344:(2009), pp. 1533-1540. [10.1016/j.carres.2009.04.030]

The O-specific polysaccharide structure and biosynthetic gene cluster of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11

DE CASTRO, CRISTINA;PARRILLI, MICHELANGELO;MOLINARO, ANTONIO;
2009

Abstract

In the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotyping scheme, 21 serotypes are present originating from about 30 different O-factors distributed within the species. With regard to the chemical structures of lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) and the genetic basis of their biosynthesis, a number, but not all, of Y. pseudotuberculosis strains representing different serotypes have been investigated. In order to present an overall picture of the relationship between genetics and structures, we have been working on the genetics and structures of various Y. pseudotuberculosis O-specific polysaccharides (OPSs). Here, we present a structural and genetic analysis of the Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11 OPS. Our results showed that this OPS structure has the same backbone as that of Y. pseudotuberculosis O:1b, but with a 6d-L-Altf side-branch instead of Parf. The 30 end of the gene cluster is the same as that for O:1b and has the genes for synthesis of the backbone and for processing the completed repeat unit. The 50 end has genes for synthesis of 6d-L-Altf and its transfer to the repeating unit backbone. The pathway for the synthesis of the 6d-L-Altf appears to be different from that for 6d-L-Altp in Y. enterocolitica O:3. The chemical structure of the O:11 repeating unit is
2009
The O-specific polysaccharide structure and biosynthetic gene cluster of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O:11 / M. M., Cunneen; DE CASTRO, Cristina; J., Kenyon; Parrilli, Michelangelo; P. R., Reeves; Molinaro, Antonio; O., Holst; M., Skurnik. - In: CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0008-6215. - ELETTRONICO. - 344:(2009), pp. 1533-1540. [10.1016/j.carres.2009.04.030]
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