Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1390913 | Carbohydrate Research | 2006 | 4 Pages |
The structures of the O-antigenic part of the lipopolysaccharides from Shigella dysenteriae type 3 and Escherichia coli O124 have been reinvestigated. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy in combination with selected 2D NMR techniques were used to determine the O-antigen pentasaccharide repeating units with the following structure:Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slideFrom biosynthetic considerations this should also be the biological repeating unit. The structures of the repeating units also explain the previously observed cross-reactivity between the strains and to E. coli O164, which only differs in the terminal sugar residue that is lacking the (R)-1-carboxyethyl group.
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