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Structure of the O-antigen of Providencia stuartii O20, a new polysaccharide containing 5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-l-glycero-d-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid.

Shashkov AS, Kocharova NA, Zatonsky GV, Błaszczyk A, Knirel YA, Rozalski A

N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.

The O-polysaccharide chain of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Providencia stuartii O20 was found to contain d-glucuronic acid, N-acetyl-d-glucosamine, and a rarely occurring higher sugar 5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-l-glycero-d-galacto-non-2-ulosonic acid (di-N-acetyl-8-epilegionaminic acid, 8eLeg5Ac7Ac). Degradation of the LPS with dilute acetic acid caused depolymerization of the polysaccharide chain by the ketosidic linkage to give a tetrasaccharide corresponding to the repeating unit of the polysaccharide. Based on sugar and methylation analyses of the tetrasaccharide and O-deacylated LPS as well as ESIMS, (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy data, the structure of the O-polysaccharide of P. stuartii O20 was established.

Published 2 February 2007 in Carbohydr Res, 342(3): 653-8.
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