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Structural characterization of pellicle polysaccharides of Acetobacter tropicalis SKU1100 wild type and mutant strains

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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 86, Issue 2, Pages 1000-1006

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.05.055

Keywords

Acetobacter tropicalis; Pellicle; Polysaccharide; Structural analysis

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  1. Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, Japan [18380059]
  2. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18380059] Funding Source: KAKEN

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Mutants of Acetobacter tropicalis SKU1100 (R) strain, Delta polE and Delta galE, defective in pellicle formation, excrete exopolysaccharide (EPS) instead of capsular polysaccharide (CPS) that is produced by the wild-type. We carried out structural analysis of wild type CPS and mutant EPSs using monosaccharide composition analysis, methylation analysis, and H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy. Wild-type CPS and Delta polE mutant EPS had a branched hexasaccharide repeating unit composed of 2 moles of 2,3-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl, and 1 mole each of 6-beta-Dgalactopyranosyl and 2-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl residues, of which the rhamnosyl residues were branched by terminal-beta-D-galactofuranosyl and terminal-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl residues. The EPS of Delta galE mutant showed a branched tetrasaccharide repeating unit composed of 2,3-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl, 2-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl, and 3-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl residues and terminal-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl branch residue. By comparing the three structures, it was suggested that PolE may control the switching of EPS to CPS by adding some residue, e.g. beta-D-galactopyranosyl residue, to 2.3-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl residue to make 2,3,4-alpha-L-rhamnosyl residue which leads to CPS formation. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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