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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
The pentasaccharide hapten of the dominant glycopeptidolipid antigen of serovariant 19 of the Mycobacterium avium complex is noteworthy because of the uniqueness of its distal glycobiose, the presumed antigen determinant, which contains a 3,4-di-O-methyl glucuronic acid and a novel branched sugar. The detailed structure of the entire pentasaccharide has been established by high field 1H and 13C NMR, fast atom bombardment/mass spectrometry, and various specific degradations as 3,4-di-O-Me-beta-D-GlcAp-(1----3)-2,4-di-O-Me-3-C-Me-3,6-dideox yhexosyl-(1----3)-alpha-L-Rhap-(1----3)-alpha-L-Rhap-( 1----2)-6-dT al; the extreme acid lability of the novel penultimate sugar presented special structural challenges. Thus, the task of defining the variable epitopes of M. avium serovariants in order to charter the epidemiology of opportunistic mycobacterial diseases continues to reveal an unexpected order of sugar diversity and complexity.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
263
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4092-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Glucuronic acid- and branched sugar-containing glycolipid antigens of Mycobacterium avium.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.