The structure of the lipid anchor of Campylobacter jejuni polysaccharide

Adrian T. Corcoran; Heidi Annuk; Anthony P. Moran

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00177.x

The structure of the lipid anchor of Campylobacter jejuni polysaccharide

Adrian T. Corcoran, Heidi Annuk, Anthony P. Moran

Infectious Disease

University of Galway

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Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of gastroenteritis in humans. Campylobacter jejuni produces extracellular polysaccharides that have been characterized structurally and shown to be independent of lipopolysaccharides. Furthermore, it has been suggested that these C. jejuni polysaccharides are capsular in nature, although their lipid anchor has not been identified. In this report, the occurrence of a lipid-linked capsular-like polysaccharide in C. jejuni is conclusively shown, and the lipid anchor identified as dipalmitoyl-glycerophosphate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	228-235
Number of pages	8
Journal	FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume	257
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00177.x
Publication status	Published - Apr 2006

Keywords

Campylobacter jejuni
Lipid anchor
Polysaccharide

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