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Structure of the O‐specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis D52 and typing of this strain to Proteus serogroup O33 Full article

Journal European Journal of Biochemistry
ISSN: 0014-2956 , E-ISSN: 0945-5795
Output data Year: 2001, Volume: 268, Number: 15, Pages: 4346-4351 Pages count : 6 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02356.x
Authors Zych Krystyna 1 , Toukach Filip V. 2 , Arbatsky Nikolay P. 2 , Kołodziejska Katarzyna 1 , Senchenkova Sof'ya N. 2 , Shashkov Alexander S. 2 , Knirel Yuriy A. 2 , Sidorczyk Zygmunt 1
Affiliations
1 Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Lódz, Poland
2 N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: The acidic O-specific polysaccharide chain (O-antigen) of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Proteus mirabilis strain D52 was studied using chemical analyses along with 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, including 2D COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, H-detected 1H,13C and 1H,31P HMQC experiments. The polysaccharide was found to contain d-ribitol 5-phosphate (d-Rib-ol-5-P) and ethanolamine phosphate (Etn-P) and has the following structure: This structure is identical with that of the O-polysaccharide of P. mirabilis O33 strain 59/57, and, hence, P. mirabilis D52 belongs to the same Proteus serogroup O33. Serological studies with O-antiserum against P. mirabilis D52 confirmed this but showed that the LPS species of P. mirabilis 59/57 and D52 are not identical, having different epitopes in the core region. A serological cross-reactivity of P. mirabilis D52 O-antiserum was observed with LPS of two other Proteus strains, P. mirabilis O16 and P. penneri 103, which have structurally different O-polysaccharides. The role of charged groups, Rib-ol-5-P and Etn-P in the immunospecificity is discussed.
Cite: Zych K. , Toukach F.V. , Arbatsky N.P. , Kołodziejska K. , Senchenkova S.N. , Shashkov A.S. , Knirel Y.A. , Sidorczyk Z.
Structure of the O‐specific polysaccharide of Proteus mirabilis D52 and typing of this strain to Proteus serogroup O33
European Journal of Biochemistry. 2001. V.268. N15. P.4346-4351. DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02356.x OpenAlex
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