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  • structural and genetic characterization of the shigella boydii type 10 and type 6 o antigens
    Journal of Bacteriology, 2005
    Co-Authors: Sof'ya N. Senchenkova, Yuriy A. Knirel, Lu Feng, Peter R. Reeves, Dan Liu, Jinghua Yang, Qi Jin, Jiansong Cheng, Lei Wang
    Abstract:

    Comparison of the O antigens of Shigella boydii types 10 and 6 by chemical analysis and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy showed that their structures are similar, with the only difference being the presence or absence of d-Ribofuranose, which is the immunodominant sugar in S. boydii type 10. In S. boydii type 6, a residue previously reported as alpha-d-GlcpA, was shown to be beta-d-GlcpA as in S. boydii type 10. S. boydii types 10 and 6 are reported not to cross-react serologically, and the role of d-Ribofuranose in the specificity of S. boydii was confirmed by making a mutant of type 10 that lacked d-Ribofuranose. However, S. boydii type 11, which has a d-Ribofuranose but with different linkage does show cross-reaction with type 10. The O-antigen gene loci of S. boydii types 10 and 6 were shown to be virtually identical except that orf8 (wbaM), which was confirmed as the ribofuranosyltransferase gene, is interrupted by IS629 in type 6. Therefore, it is proposed that the O-antigen gene cluster of S. boydii type 6 was derived from type 10 by an IS element insertion.

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