The effect of removal of D-fructose on the antigenicity of the lipopolysaccharide from a rough mutant of Vibrio cholerae Ogawa |
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Authors: | W Kaca L Brade E T Rietschel H Brade |
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Affiliation: | 1. European Bioinformatics Institute, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK;2. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 430 E 67th Street, NY 10065, USA;3. Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria), Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria;1. Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany;2. Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;3. Structural Bioenergetics Group, Institute of Biochemistry II, Medical School, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany;4. Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt "Macromolecular Complexes, Goethe-University, Germany |
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Abstract: | The lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of a rough mutant (95R) of Vibrio cholerae Ogawa has been investigated chemically and serologically. D-Fructose was released from LPS under conditions (10mM trifluoroacetic acid, 60 degrees, 1 h) that liberated no other sugar constituent of the LPS (2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucose, D-glucose, L-glycero-D-manno-heptose). Upon periodate oxidation, D-fructose and D-glucose were oxidised quantitatively, whereas approximately 50% of heptose was periodate-resistant. The data indicate that D-fructose does not link the polysaccharide and lipid A portion as proposed earlier, and suggest that D-fructose is present as a branch. By passive hemolysis inhibition, it was shown that the release of D-fructose paralleled the exposure of an antigenic determinant cryptic in LPS. |
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