The Structures of the Lipopolysaccharide Core Components from Rhizobium leguminosarum Biovar Phaseoli CE3 and Two of its Symbiotic Mutants, CE109 and CE309

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

12-21-1989

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Carbohydrate Research

Source ISSN

0008-6215

Abstract

The structures for the core regions of the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) from R. leguminosarum bv. phaseoli CE3 and two symbiotic mutants were determined by g.l.c.-m.s., proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (n.m.r.), fast-atom-bombardment mass spectrometry (f.a.b.-m.s.), and by comparison with known structures from the LPS of R. leguminosarum bv. trifolii ANU843. The core oligosaccharides were separated into two components, P2-2 and P-23, by gel-filtration chromatography using Bio-Gel P2. The P2-2 oligosaccharide from CE3 is a tetrasaccharide consisting of 3-deoxy-d-manno-2-octulosonic acid (Kdo), mannose, galactose and galacturonic acid. The mannosyl residue is α-linked to O-4 of Kdo, and the galactosyl and galactosyluronic residues are α-linked to O-4 and O-6, respectively, of the mannosyl residue. The P2-2 oligosaccharide from mutant CE109 is missing the galactosyluronic residue, while that from mutant CE309 is missing both the galactosyl and galactosyluronic residues. The P2-3 oligosaccharide from CE3 LPS is a trisaccharide consisting of two galactosyluronic residues α-linked to the O-4 and O-7 of Kdo. Fraction P2-3 from mutant CE309 has the same structure as CE3 P2-3. Fraction P2-3 from mutant CE109 contains galacturonic acid and Kdo, but its structure differs from that of CE3 P2-3.

Comments

Carbohydrate Research, Vol. 195, No. 1 (December 21, 1989): 101-110. DOI.

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