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INNATE IMMUNITY
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 183-190Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1753425910364425
Keywords
Biosynthetic gene cluster; D-paratofuranose; O-specific polysaccharide; O-antigen; structure; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
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- Academy of Finland [104361, 50441]
- Australian Postgraduate Award
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [104361, 104361] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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Many, but not all, of the current 21 serotypes of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis have been investigated with regard to the chemical structures of their O-specific polysaccharide (OPS) and the genetic basis of their biosynthesis. Completion of the genetics and structures of the remaining serotypes will enhance our understanding of the emerging relationship between genetics and structures within this species. Here, we present a structural and genetic analysis of the Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O:1c OPS. Our results showed that this OPS has the same backbone as Y. pseudotuberculosis O:2b, but with a 3,6-dideoxy-D-ribo-hexofuranose (paratofuranose, Parf) side-branch instead of a 3,6-dideoxy-D-xylo-hexopyranose (abequopyranose, Abep). The 3'-end of the gene cluster is the same as for O: 2b and has the genes for synthesis of the backbone and for processing the completed repeat unit. The 5'-end of the cluster consists of the same genes as O:1b for synthesis of Parf and a related gene for its transfer to the repeating unit backbone.
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