Ray T C, Smith A R, Wait R, Hignett R C
School of Biological Sciences and Environmental Health, Thames Polytechnic, London, England.
Eur J Biochem. 1987 Dec 30;170(1-2):357-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb13707.x.
The sidechain of lipopolysaccharide from Erwinia amylovora T was composed of D-fucose, D-galactose and D-glucose in equimolar proportions. Using NMR spectroscopy, methylation analysis, mass spectrometry, Smith degradation and optical rotation data, the repeat unit was shown to have the following most probable structure: (formula; see text)