Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of the marine bacterium Arenibacter palladensis KMM 3961(T) containing 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-l-galacturonic acid.

The O-specific polysaccharide was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of the marine bacterium Arenibacter palladensis type strain KMM 3961(T) and studied by chemical methods and (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy including 2D COSY, TOCSY, (1)H,(13)C HSQC, and HMBC experiments. The polysaccharide was shown to consist of tetrasaccharide repeating units containing two mannose residues (Man), one 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactose residue (D-GalNAc), and one 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-L-galacturonic acid residue (L-GalNAcA) and having the following structure: →2)-α-D-Manp-(1→6)-α-D-Manp-(1→4)-α-L-GalpNAcA-(1→3)-ß-D-GalpNAc-(1→.

Structure of an acidic O-specific polysaccharide of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans KMM 232 (R-form).

An acidic O-specific polysaccharide containing L-rhamnose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactose, 2,6-dideoxy-2-(N-acetyl-L-threonine)amino-D-galactose, and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-mannuronic acid was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas agarivorans KMM 232 (R-form) followed by gel-permeation chromatography. The polysaccharide was subjected to Smith degradation to give a modified polysaccharide with trisaccharide repeating unit containing L-threonine. The initial and modified polysaccharides were studied by sugar analysis and 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, including COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, and HSQC experiments, and the structure of the branched tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established.

[Structure of acidic O-specific polysaccharide from the marine bacterium Cellulophaga baltica].

The structure of an acidic O-specific polysaccharide from the marine bacterium Cellulophaga baltica was established by chemical methods of analysis and NMR spectroscopy. The polysaccharide was shown to consist of repeating tetrasaccharide units containing two mannose residues, one N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residue, and one D-glucuronic acid residue. An O-acetyl group was also found in the polysaccharide in nonstoichiometric amount. Thus, this polysaccharide had the following structure: [carbohydrate structure: in text].

Chemical characterization of lipid A from some marine proteobacteria.

Lipids A from type and wild strains of marine Proteobacteria belonging to Alteromonadaceae (Alteromonas (1 species), Idiomarina (1 species), and Pseudoalteromonas (8 species) genera) and Vibrionaceae (Shewanella (1 species) and Vibrio (1 species) genera) families and Marinomonas genus (1 species) were isolated by hydrolysis of their respective lipopolysaccharides with 1% acetic acid. Based on thin-layer chromatography data, the lipids A studied had low heterogeneity and generated family-specific patterns varying in numbers of bands and their chromatographic mobility. Total chemical analysis of the compounds showed that they contained glucosamine, phosphate, and fatty acids with decanoate (I. zobellii KMM 231(T) lipid A) or dodecanoate (lipids A of the other bacteria) and 3-hydroxy alkanoates as the major fatty acid components. Unlike terrestrial bacterial lipids A, lipids A of marine Proteobacteria had basically monophosphoryl (except V. fluvialis AQ 0002B lipid A with its two phosphate groups) and pentaacyl (except S. alga 48055 and V. fluvialis AQ 0002B lipids A which were found to have six residues of fatty acids per molecule of glucosamine disaccharide) structural types, low toxicity, and may be useful as potential endotoxin antagonists.

O-specific polysaccharide of the marine bacterium "Alteromonas marinoglutinosa" NCIMB 1770.

The O-specific polysaccharide of the marine bacterium "Alteromonas marinoglutinosa" NCIMB 1770 was obtained by mild acid degradation of the corresponding lipopolysaccharide and found to contain D-galactose, N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, and N-acetyl-D-mannosamine residues in equimolar ratio. Based on methylation analysis, periodate oxidation, and 13C-NMR spectroscopy data of native and modified polysaccharides, the following structure of the trisaccharide repeating unit of the O-specific polysaccharide was established: [structure: see text]

Structure of an acidic polysaccharide from a marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas distincta KMM 638 containing 5-acetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-7-formamido-L-glycero-L-manno-nonulosonic acid.

An acidic polysaccharide was obtained from the lipopolysaccharide of Pseudoalteromonas distincta strain KMM 638, isolated from a marine sponge, and found to contain D-GlcA, D-GalNAc, 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-D-glucose (D-QuiNAc) and two unusual acidic amino sugars: 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galacturonic acid (D-GalNAcA) and 5-acetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-7-formamido-L-glycero-L-manno-nonulosonic acid (Pse5Ac7Fo, a derivative of pseudaminic acid). Oligosaccharides were derived from the polysaccharide by partial acid hydrolysis and mild alkaline degradation and characterised by electrospray ionisation (ESI) MS and 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Based on these data and NMR spectroscopic studies of the initial and O-deacetylated polysaccharides, including quaternary carbon detection, 2D COSY, TOCSY, ROESY, H-detected 1H,13C HMQC and HMBC experiments, the following structure of the branched pentasaccharide repeating unit was established: [structure: see text].

Structure of an acidic O-specific polysaccharide of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. KMM 634.

An acidic O-specific polysaccharide containing D-glucuronic acid (D-GlcA), 2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-D-glucuronic acid (D-GlcNAc3NAcA), 2,3-diacetamido-2,3-dideoxy-D-mannuronoyl-L-alanine (D-ManNAc3NAcA6Ala), and 2-acetamido-2,4, 6-trideoxy-4-[(S)-3-hydroxybutyramido]-D-glucose (D-QuiNAc4NAcyl) was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of the bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. KMM 634 followed by gel-permeation chromatography. The polysaccharide was cleaved selectively with a new solvolytic agent, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, to give a disaccharide and a trisaccharide with D-GlcNAc3NAcA at the reducing end. The borohydride-reduced oligosaccharides and the initial polysaccharide were studied by GLC-MS and 1H- and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, and the following structure of the linear tetrasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established: -->3)-alpha-D-QuipNAc4Ac4NAcyl-(1-->4)-beta-D-ManpNAc3NAcA6Ala+ ++-(1-->4)-b eta-D-GlcpNAc3NAc3NAcA-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpA-(1-->.

Structure of sulfated O-specific polysaccharide of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas marinoglutinosa KMM 232.

A sulfated O-specific polysaccharide containing D-mannose, L-rhamnose, and the sulfate group was obtained by mild acid hydrolysis of lipopolysaccharide (S-form) of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas marinoglutinosa KMM 232. Based on analysis of methylation and 13C-NMR spectroscopy of native and desulfated polysaccharides, the following structure of disaccharide repeat unit in the O-specific polysaccharide has been established: [scheme]. This is the first report of a sulfated O-specific polysaccharide isolated from gram-negative bacteria.

[Structure of teichoic acids from marine microorganisms Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis]. / Struktura teikhoevykh kislot iz morskikh mikroorganizmov Bacillus subtilis i B. licheniformis.

Teichoic acids from the cell walls of marine bacilli Bacillus subtilis CMM (Collection of Marine Microorganisms) 234 (R-1) and B. licheniformis CMM 454 (1-1G-2) were isolated and characterized. These teichoic acids were found to have identical structures and are composed of the glucose, ribitol, and phosphoric acid residues. On the basis of 13C NMR and 31P NMR spectra of the teichoic acids and the products of their dephosphorylation, we established the following structure for the biopolymer: poly[-->5)-4-O-beta-D-glucopyranosylribitol-(1-phospho].

Structure of a highly acidic O-specific polysaccharide of lipopolysaccharide of Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis KMM 223 (44-1) containing L-iduronic acid and D-QuiNHb4NHb.

An acidic O-specific polysaccharide was obtained by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide isolated by phenol-water extraction of Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis strain KMM 223 (44-1). L-Iduronic acid (IdoA) was found to be a component of the polysaccharide and identified by NMR spectroscopy and after carboxyl-reduction followed by acid hydrolysis and acetylation, by GLC-MS as 2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-1,6-anhydroidose. On the basis of 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic studies, including 1D NOE, 2D NOESY, HSQC and HMBC experiments, the following structure of the branched pentasaccharide repeating unit of the polysaccharide was established: -->4)-beta-D-GlcpAI-(1-->4)-beta-D-GlcpAII-(1-->3)-beta-D-++ +QuipNHb4NHbII- (1-->2)-alpha-L-IdopA-(-->4 increases 1 alpha-D-QuipNAc4NAcI where QuiNAc4NAc and QuiNHb4NHb are 2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxyglucose and 2,4,6-tri-deoxy-2,4- di[(S)-3-hydroxybutyramido]glucose, respectively. This is the first report of L-iduronic acid in a lipopolysaccharide and of D-QuiNHb4NHb in nature.

[(252)Cf-plasma desorption mass spectra of bacterial oligosaccharides]. / (252)Cf-plazmenno-desorbtsionnye mass-spektry bakterial'nykh oligosakharidov.

252Cf plasma desorption mass spectrometry on a "reflect" desorption instrument (MSBX) was used to study oligosaccharides from bacterial O-specific antigenic chains. The data obtained for galacturonic acid, neutral and aminouronic oligosaccharides are discussed. This method is suggested for determining the composition of oligosaccharides from the O-specific polysaccharides and for elucidating their structures after modifications.