Rahman M M, Guard-Petter J, Asokan K, Carlson R W
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
Carbohydr Res. 1997 Jun 20;301(3-4):213-20. doi: 10.1016/s0008-6215(97)00093-1.
The structure was determined for the capsular polysaccharide (CPS) isolated from a swarming strain of Proteus vulgaris, CP2-96, which was obtained from the spleen of an infected mouse. The CPS was extracted from the cell pellet by hot water, precipitated with ethanol, and further purified by gel-permeation chromatography. The structure was established by glycosyl composition and linkage analyses, and by NMR spectroscopy. The sequence of the glycosyl residues was determined by a NOESY experiment. The CPS is composed of a tetrasaccharide repeating unit with the following structure: OAc [symbol: see text] 4 -->4)-beta-D-Glcp-(1-->3)-beta-D-GalpNAc-(1-->2)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->4)-al pha- D-GlcpA-(1-->.
