Identification of the linkage between A-polysaccharide and the core in the A-lipopolysaccharide of Porphyromonas gingivalis W50

Journal of Bacteriology
Nikolay ParamonovMichael A Curtis

Abstract

Porphyromonas gingivalis synthesizes two lipopolysaccharides (LPSs), O-LPS and A-LPS. The structure of the core oligosaccharide (OS) of O-LPS and the attachment site of the O-polysaccharide (O-PS) repeating unit [ → 3)-α-D-Galp-(1 → 6)-α-D-Glcp-(1 → 4)-α-L-Rhap-(1 → 3)-β-D-GalNAcp-(1 → ] to the core have been elucidated using the ΔPG1051 (WaaL, O-antigen ligase) and ΔPG1142 (Wzy, O-antigen polymerase) mutant strains, respectively. The core OS occurs as an "uncapped" glycoform devoid of O-PS and a "capped" glycoform that contains the attachment site of O-PS via β-d-GalNAc at position O-3 of the terminal α-(1 → 3)-linked mannose (Man) residue. In this study, the attachment site of A-PS to the core OS was determined based on structural analysis of SR-type LPS (O-LPS and A-LPS) isolated from a P. gingivalis ΔPG1142 mutant strain by extraction with aqueous hot phenol to minimize the destruction of A-LPS. Application of one- and two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in combination with methylation analysis showed that the A-PS repeating unit is linked to a nonterminal α-(1 → 3)-linked Man of the "capped core" glycoform of outer core OS at position O-4 via a → 6)-[α-D-Man-α-(1 → 2)-α-D-Man-1-phosphate → 2]-α-D-...Continue Reading

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Oct 13, 2015·Microbial Pathogenesis·Mikio Shoji, Koji Nakayama
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