A novel N-linked flagellar glycan from Methanococcus maripaludis |
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Authors: | John Kelly Ken F. Jarrell Evgeny Vinogradov |
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Affiliation: | a Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6 b Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 |
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Abstract: | The archaea Methanococcus maripaludis strain Mm900 produces flagella that are glycosylated with an N-linked tetrasaccharide. Mass spectrometric analysis of flagellar tryptic peptides identified a number of tryptic glycopeptides carrying a glycan of mass 1036.4 Da, and fragmentation of the glycan oxonium ion indicated that the glycan was a tetrasaccharide. The glycan was purified, following extensive pronase digestion of flagellar filaments, by size-exclusion and anion-exchange chromatography. NMR spectroscopy revealed that the glycan had the following structure:Sug-4-β-ManNAc3NAmA6Thr-4-β-GlcNAc3NAcA-3-β-GalNAc-Asnwhere Sug is a novel monosaccharide unit, (5S)-2-acetamido-2,4-dideoxy-5-O-methyl-α-l-erythro-hexos-5-ulo-1,5-pyranose. This oligosaccharide has significant similarity to the oligosaccharide that was found previously in Methanococcus voltae. |
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Keywords: | Archaea Methanococcus maripaludis Flagellar glycosylation N-Linked tetrasaccharide Structure NMR |
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