Structural elucidation of the capsular polysaccharide isolated from Kaistella flava

Carbohydr Res. 2008 Sep 22;343(14):2401-5. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2008.06.012. Epub 2008 Jun 19.

Abstract

The Gram-negative bacterium under study belongs to the genus Kaistella. It was isolated from a soil sample of the Haian Island in China, and it produces a lipophilic polysaccharide characterised by a branched hexasaccharide repeating unit, counting four 6-deoxy-alpha-l-mannose (Rha) residues, one 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-d-glucose (GlcNAc) and a 2-acetamido-2,6-dideoxy-beta-d-galactose (FucNAc) unit. The structure of the repeating unit, assigned through 2D-NMR spectroscopy, is herein reported for the first time: [carbohydrate structure: see text]

MeSH terms

  • Alcian Blue / chemistry
  • Bacterial Capsules / chemistry*
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Flavobacteriaceae / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial / chemistry*
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • Alcian Blue