| Literature DB >> 6671199 |
E Katzenellenbogen, H J Jennings.
Abstract
The structure of the Pneumococcus type 19A (57) capsular polysaccharide has been reinvestigated by using methylation analysis and n.m.r. spectroscopy. It is composed of residues of 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-mannose, D-glucose, L-rhamnose, and phosphate in the molar ratios of 1:1:1:1. The polysaccharide is linear, and is composed of these components in a repeating unit of the following structure. ---- 4)-beta-D-ManpNAc-(1 ---- 4)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1 ---- 3)-alpha-L- Rhap-(1-PO4-) ---- The type 19A polysaccharide (Na+ salt) was depolymerized by heating it in water at 100 degrees, conditions that also hydrolyzed the newly formed phosphoric monoesters.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6671199 DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(83)88459-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Carbohydr Res ISSN: 0008-6215 Impact factor: 2.104