The structures of the capsular polysaccharides (CPSs) of the two clinical isolates Acinetobacter baumannii SMAL and MG1 were elucidated. Hot phenol/water extractions of the dry biomasses, followed by enzymatic digestions and repeated ultracentrifugations led to the isolation of polysaccharides that were negative in Western blot analysis utilizing an anti-lipid A antibody, thus proving that they were not the LPS O-antigens but CPSs. Their structures were established on the basis of NMR spectroscopy and GC-MS analyses. The A. baumannii MG1 CPS consisted of a linear aminopolysaccharide with acyl substitution heterogeneity at the N-4 amino group of QuipN4N: 4)-alpha-D-GlcpNAc-(1 -> 4)-alpha-L-GalpNAcA-(1 -> 3)-beta-D-QuipNAc4NR-(1 -> R = -3-hydroxybutyrryl or acetyl. The repeating unit of the CPS produced by strain SMAL is a pentasaccharide, already reported for the O-antigen moiety from A. baumannii strain ATCC 17961: beta-D-GlcpNAc3NAcA-(1 down arrow 4) 6)-beta-D-Glcp-(1 -> 3)-beta-D-GalpNAc-(1 -> 3)-alpha-D-Galp-(1 -> 6)up arrow beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1
Identification and structural determination of the capsular polysaccharides from two Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates, MG1 and SMAL / Fregolino, Eleonora; Gargiulo, Valentina; Lanzetta, Rosa; Parrilli, Michelangelo; O., Holst; DE CASTRO, Cristina. - In: CARBOHYDRATE RESEARCH. - ISSN 0008-6215. - 346:(2011), pp. 973-977. [10.1016/j.carres.2011.03.024]
Identification and structural determination of the capsular polysaccharides from two Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates, MG1 and SMAL
FREGOLINO, ELEONORA;GARGIULO, VALENTINA;LANZETTA, ROSA;PARRILLI, MICHELANGELO;DE CASTRO, CRISTINA
2011
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The structures of the capsular polysaccharides (CPSs) of the two clinical isolates Acinetobacter baumannii SMAL and MG1 were elucidated. Hot phenol/water extractions of the dry biomasses, followed by enzymatic digestions and repeated ultracentrifugations led to the isolation of polysaccharides that were negative in Western blot analysis utilizing an anti-lipid A antibody, thus proving that they were not the LPS O-antigens but CPSs. Their structures were established on the basis of NMR spectroscopy and GC-MS analyses. The A. baumannii MG1 CPS consisted of a linear aminopolysaccharide with acyl substitution heterogeneity at the N-4 amino group of QuipN4N: 4)-alpha-D-GlcpNAc-(1 -> 4)-alpha-L-GalpNAcA-(1 -> 3)-beta-D-QuipNAc4NR-(1 -> R = -3-hydroxybutyrryl or acetyl. The repeating unit of the CPS produced by strain SMAL is a pentasaccharide, already reported for the O-antigen moiety from A. baumannii strain ATCC 17961: beta-D-GlcpNAc3NAcA-(1 down arrow 4) 6)-beta-D-Glcp-(1 -> 3)-beta-D-GalpNAc-(1 -> 3)-alpha-D-Galp-(1 -> 6)up arrow beta-D-GlcpNAc-(1File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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