Characterization of the capsular antigen of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 35B
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2D Nmr
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The specific capsular antigen of Streptococcuspneumoniae serotype 35B was shown by a combination of 2D NMR methods and mass spectrometric and classical carbohydrate chemical techniques to be a high molecular weight polymer containing D-galactose, D-glucose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactose, and ribitol (2:1:1:1). The pentasaccharide repeating unit is polymerized through phosphate diester linkages to give the structure,[Formula: see text]Seventy percent of the β-D-Galf residues glycosidically linked to the ribitol units carry an O-acetyl substituent. Keywords: Streptococcuspneumoniae, capsular antigen, polysaccharide structure.