Silipo Alba, Molinaro Antonio, Jiang Cheng-Lin, Jiang Yi, Xu Ping, Xu Li-Hua, Lanzetta Rosa, Parrilli Michelangelo
Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Cintia 4, 80126 Napoli, Italy.
Carbohydr Res. 2007 Apr 9;342(5):757-61. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.12.012. Epub 2006 Dec 22.
The O-chain polysaccharide of the lipopolysaccharide from the bacterium Naxibacter alkalitolerans strain YIM 31775(T) was characterized. The structure was studied by means of chemical analysis and 2D NMR spectroscopy and shown to be built up by the following tetrasaccharide repeating unit: -->3)-alpha-D-FucpNAc-(1-->2)-beta-D-Quip3NHBu-(1-->2)-alpha-D-Rhap-(1-->)-beta-D-Galp-(1--> where HBu is hydroxy-butanoyl.