scholarly journals Determination of the chemical structure of the capsular polysaccharide of strain B33, a fast-growing soya bean-nodulating bacterium isolated from an arid region of China

2001 ◽  
Vol 357 (2) ◽  
pp. 505-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. RODRÍGUEZ-CARVAJAL ◽  
Pilar TEJERO-MATEO ◽  
José L. ESPARTERO ◽  
José. E. RUIZ-SAINZ ◽  
Ana M. BUENDÍA-CLAVERÍA ◽  
...  

We have determined the structure of a polysaccharide from strain B33, a fast-growing bacterium that forms nitrogen-fixing nodules with Asiatic and American soya bean cultivars. On the basis of monosaccharide analysis, methylation analysis, one-dimensional 1H- and 13C-NMR and two-dimensional NMR experiments, the structure was shown to consist of a polymer having the repeating unit → 6)-4-O-methyl-α-d-Glcp-(1 → 4)-3-O-methyl-β-d-GlcpA-(1 → (where GlcpA is glucopyranuronic acid and Glcp is glucopyranose). Strain B33 produces a K-antigen polysaccharide repeating unit that does not have the structural motif sugar-Kdx [where Kdx is 3-deoxy-d-manno-2-octulosonic acid (Kdo) or a Kdo-related acid] proposed for different Sinorhizobium fredii strains, all of them being effective with Asiatic soya bean cultivars but unable to form nitrogen-fixing nodules with American soya bean cultivars. Instead, it resembles the K-antigen of S. fredii strain HH303 (rhamnose, galacturonic acid)n, which is also effective with both groups of soya bean cultivars. Only the capsular polysaccharide from strains B33 and HH303have monosaccharide components that are also present in the surface polysaccharide of Bradyrhizobium elkanii strains, which consists of a 4-O-methyl-d-glucurono-l-rhamnan.

2001 ◽  
Vol 357 (2) ◽  
pp. 505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. RODRÍGUEZ-CARVAJAL ◽  
Pilar TEJERO-MATEO ◽  
José L. ESPARTERO ◽  
José. E. RUIZ-SAINZ ◽  
Ana M. BUENDÍA-CLAVERÍA ◽  
...  

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 2781-2786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Michon ◽  
Jean Robert Brisson ◽  
René Roy ◽  
Harold J. Jennings ◽  
Fraser E. Ashton

The capsular polysaccharide antigen of Neisseriameningitidis group K was isolated by Cetavlon precipitation and purified by ion-exchange chromatography. The structure of the K polysaccharide was determined to a large extent by comprehensive proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) studies. In these studies one-dimensional and two-dimensional experiments were carried out directly on the K polysaccharide. The K polysaccharide is composed of the following repeating unit: -4)β-D-ManpNAcA(1→3) [4-OAc]β-D-ManpNAcA(1→. Except for the one-bond couplings between their anomeric carbons and protons [Formula: see text], all the nmr spectroscopic evidence was consistent with both 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-mannopyranosyluronic acid residues adopting the 4C1 (D) conformation and having the β-D-configuration. This ambiguity in [Formula: see text] is probably due to through-space electronic effects generated by the presence of contiguous carboxylated sugar residues in the K polysaccharide. The O-acetyl substituents of the K polysaccharide are essential for its antigenicity to group K polysaccharide-specific antibodies.


1998 ◽  
Vol 334 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio M. GIL-SERRANO ◽  
Miguel A. ÍGUEZ-CARVAJAL RODR ◽  
Pilar TEJERO-MATEO ◽  
José L. ESPARTERO ◽  
Jane THOMAS-OATES ◽  
...  

The structure of a polysaccharide from Sinorhizobium frediiSVQ293, a thiamine auxotrophic mutant of S. fredii HH103, has been determined. This polysaccharide was isolated following the protocol for lipopolysaccharide extraction. On the basis of monosaccharide analysis, methylation analysis, fast atom bombardment MS, collision-induced dissociation tandem MS, one-dimensional 1H and 13C NMR and two-dimensional NMR experiments, the structure was shown to consist of the following trisaccharide repeating unit → 2)-α-d-Galp-(1 → 2)-β-d-Ribf-(1 → 9)-α-5-O-Me-Kdnp-(2 →, in which Kdn stands for deaminated neuraminic acid; 25% of the Kdn residues are not methylated. The structure of this polysaccharide is novel and this is the first report of the presence of Kdn in a rhizobial polysaccharide, as well as being the first structure described containing 5-O-Me-Kdn. This Kdn-containing polysaccharide is not present in the wild-type strain HH103, which produces a 3-deoxy-d-manno-2-octulosonic acid (Kdo)-rich polysaccharide. We conclude that it is likely that the appearance of this new Kdn-containing polysaccharide is a consequence of the mutation.


1999 ◽  
Vol 342 (3) ◽  
pp. 527-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio M. GIL-SERRANO ◽  
Miguel A. RODRÍGUEZ-CARVAJAL ◽  
Pilar TEJERO-MATEO ◽  
José L. ESPARTERO ◽  
Manuel MENENDEZ ◽  
...  

The structure of a polysaccharide from Sinorhizobium fredii HH103 has been determined. This polysaccharide was isolated by following the protocol for lipopolysaccharide extraction. On the basis of monosaccharide analysis, methylation analysis, fast atom bombardment MS, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization MS, electron-impact high-resolution MS, one-dimensional 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR and two-dimensional NMR experiments, the structure was shown to consist of a homopolymer of a 3:1 mixture of 5-acetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-7-[(R)- and (S)-3-hydroxybutyramido]-L-glycero-L-manno-nonulosonic acid. The sugar residues are attached via a glycosidic linkage to the OH group of the 3-hydroxybutyramido substituent and thus the monomers are linked via both glycosidic and amidic linkages. In contrast with the Sinorhizobium K-antigens previously reported, which are composed of a disaccharide repeating unit, the K-antigen polysacharide of S. fredii HH103 is a homopolysaccharide.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Sims ◽  
Richard Furneaux

A gum that exudes from the wounded trunk of the New Zealand native tree Meryta sinclairii has been isolated. The gum was completely precipitated by the β-glucosyl Yariv reagent and was thus determined to be an arabinogalactan-protein (AGP). It contained >95% w/w carbohydrate and only 2% w/w protein with a high level of hydroxyproline. SEC-MALLS showed that the gum had a weight-average molecular weight of 4.45×106Da compared with 6.02×105Da for gum arabic. Constituent sugar and linkage analyses were consistent with polymers comprised of a highly branched backbone of 1,3-linked galactopyranosyl (Galp) residues, with side-chains made up of arabinofuranose- (Araf) containing oligosaccharides, terminated variously by rhamnopyranosyl (Rhap), arabinopyranosyl (Arap), Galp and glucuronopyranosyl (GlcpA) residues. Analysis by one-dimensional and two-dimensional 1H and 13C NMR experiments confirmed the linkage analyses. The structure of the gum is discussed in comparison with the structure of gum arabic and other AGPs. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.


Molbank ◽  
10.3390/m1179 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. M1179
Author(s):  
Eleftherios Halevas ◽  
Antonios Hatzidimitriou ◽  
Barbara Mavroidi ◽  
Marina Sagnou ◽  
Maria Pelecanou ◽  
...  

A novel Cu(II) complex based on the Schiff base obtained by the condensation of ortho-vanillin with gamma-aminobutyric acid was synthesized. The compounds are physico-chemically characterized by elemental analysis, HR-ESI-MS, FT-IR, and UV-Vis. The complex and the Schiff base ligand are further structurally identified by single crystal X-ray diffraction and 1H and 13C-NMR, respectively. The results suggest that the Schiff base are synthesized in excellent yield under mild reaction conditions in the presence of glacial acetic acid and the crystal structure of its Cu(II) complex reflects an one-dimensional polymeric compound. The molecular structure of the complex consists of a Cu(II) ion bound to two singly deprotonated Schiff base bridging ligands that form a CuN2O4 chelation environment, and a coordination sphere with a disordered octahedral geometry.


1988 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 736-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Serrano de la Cruz ◽  
E Santillana ◽  
A Mingo ◽  
G Fuenmayor ◽  
A Pantoja ◽  
...  

Abstract This one-dimensional thin-layer chromatographic method is used for assay of phospholipids in the gastric aspirate of newborns. The solvent mixture (chloroform/hexane/methanol/glacial acetic acid/water, 12/7/4/3/0.3 by vol) completely resolves lecithin, sphingomyelin, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidylglycerol. The method is simple, precise, inexpensive, and rapid (chromatographic development takes less than 25 min) and gives high chromatographic resolution. We used this method to determine the lecithin/sphingomyelin densitometric ratio (L/S ratio) and the phosphatidylglycerol percentage in 200 samples of gastric aspirate and found an L/S ratio of 2.5 to be a satisfactory cutoff value for distinguishing fetal lung maturity and immaturity. We confirmed that the presence of phosphatidylglycerol excluded the possibility of respiratory distress.


2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 692-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina A. Capacci-Daniel ◽  
Jeffery A. Bertke ◽  
Shoaleh Dehghan ◽  
Rupa Hiremath-Darji ◽  
Jennifer A. Swift

Hydrogen bonding between urea functionalities is a common structural motif employed in crystal-engineering studies. Crystallization of 1,3-bis(3-fluorophenyl)urea, C13H10F2N2O, from many solvents yielded concomitant mixtures of at least two polymorphs. In the monoclinic form, one-dimensional chains of hydrogen-bonded urea molecules align in an antiparallel orientation, as is typical of many diphenylureas. In the orthorhombic form, one-dimensional chains of hydrogen-bonded urea molecules have a parallel orientation rarely observed in symmetrically substituted diphenylureas.


2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Gnäupel-Herold

A method is outlined that allows the determination of one-dimensional stress gradients at length scales greater than 0.2 mm. By using standard four-circle X-ray diffractometer equipment and simple aperture components, length resolutions down to 0.05 mm in one direction can be achieved through constant orientation of a narrow, line-shaped beam spot. Angle calculations are given for the adjustment of goniometer angles, and for the effective azimuth and tilt of the scattering vector for general angle settings in a four-circle goniometer. The latter is necessary for the computation of stresses from lattice strain measurements.


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